Åland Islands

The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced IPA: ['oːland]), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland. It is the smallest province of Finland, with 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of the land area.

Åland Islands Landskapet Åland  (Swedish) Ahvenanmaan maakunta  (Finnish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Islands of Peace"[1]
Anthem: Ålänningens sång
Capital and largest city	Mariehamn 60.25°N 20°E / 60.25; 20
Official languages	Swedish
Demonym(s)	Ålandic - Ålandish Ålänning - Åländare Ahvenanmaalainen
Government	Autonomous region of Finland
• Governora	Marine Holm-Johansson
• Premier	Katrin Sjögren
Autonomy
• Declared	1920
• Recognized	1921b
Area
• Total	1,580[2] km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked)
Population
• 2011 estimate	28,355
• Density	18.14/km2 (47.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2007 estimate
• Total	$1.563 billion[3]
• Per capita	$55,829
HDI (2007)	0.967[4] very high
Currency	Euro (€)c (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Calling code	+358d
ISO 3166 code	AX
Internet TLD	.axe
The governorship is an administrative post appointed by the Government of Finland and does not have any authority over the autonomous Government of Åland. Settled by the League of Nations following the Åland crisis. Until 1999, the Finnish markka. The Swedish krona (SEK) is also widely used. Area code 18. Replacing .aland.fi from August 2006. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with Finland and the rest of European Union member states.