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Åland Islands

Location between Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia
Latitude and longitude  60 20 N, 19 88 E
Sovereignty Finland
Political status notes An autonomous province of Finland
Population  26,923
Census notes 2006
Land area in square kilometers 1,527
Capital  Mariehamn

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Act on the Autonomy of Åland, from the Legislative Assembly of Åland
Act on the Autonomy of Åland, from the Finnish Ministry of Justice (PDF)
Act concerning the accession of the  Republic of Finland to the European Union, Protocol No. 2 on the Åland Islands (Official Journal of the European Union C 241, August 29, 1994, at page 352) (specifying the special relationship between the Åland Islands and the European Union), from EUR-Lex
International Treaties and Documents Concerning Åland Islands, from the Åland Culture Foundation

Sources and other useful websites

Åland, from the Baltic Sea Seven Island Co-operation Network
Åland in Brief, from the Åland Government
Åland in Figures, from the Åland Department of Statistics and Economic Research (PDF)
The Legislative Assembly of Åland
United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory

Selected articles on law and political status

The Åland Islands in The Working Autonomies in Europe: Territorial autonomy as a Means of Minority Protection and Conflict Solution in the European Experience - An Overview and Schematic Comparison, by Thomas Benedikter (2006)
The Åland Islands—A Microstate within Finland, by Roger Jansson, head of the Åland Government, in Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles d'Europe?) (2000)

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