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Gotland

Location Baltic Sea, between Sweden, Latvia
Latitude and longitude  57 44 N, 18.62 E
Sovereignty Sweden
Political status notes A Province of Sweden
Population  57 313
Census notes December 31, 2000
Land area in square kilometers 3,140
Capital  Visby

Sources and other useful websites

Gotland
Gotland, from the Baltic Sea Seven Island Co-operation Network
Gotland in Figures, Tables & Diagrams, from the Gotland Kommun (PDF 1,492K)
Gotlands Kommun (Swedish)
Gotland Webguide, Facts about Gotland
Statistics Sweden
United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory

Selected articles on law and political status

Gotland, Constitutional Circumstances, by Hans Klintbom, Mayor, Gotlands Kommun, in Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles d'Europe?) (2000).  This volume is no longer available online.   Interested readers may be able to purchase it through Alibris or other booksellers.

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