ऑलैण्ड द्वीपसमूह

ऑलैण्ड द्वीपसमूह Landskapet Åland Ahvenanmaan maakunta
ध्वज कुल चिह्न
राष्ट्रगान: Ålänningens sång
अवस्थिति: ऑलैण्ड
राजधानी और सबसे बड़ा नगर		मैरीहैम 60°7′N 19°54′E
राजभाषा(एँ)		स्वीडिश भाषा
सरकार		Autonomous province
-	Governor	Peter Lindbäck1
-	Premier	Viveka Eriksson
Autonomy
-	Declared	1920
-	Recognized	19212
क्षेत्रफल
-	कुल	13,517 km2 (unranked)
-	जल (%)	89
जनसंख्या
-	2005 जनगणना	26,711
-	घनत्व	17.5/km2
मुद्रा		Euro (€)4 (EUR)
समय मण्डल		EET (यू॰टी॰सी॰+2)
-	ग्रीष्मकालीन (दि॰ब॰स॰)	EEST (यू॰टी॰सी॰+3)
दूरभाष कूट		358 (area code 18)
इंटरनेट टीएलडी		.ax5
1.	The governor is an administrative post appointed by the Government of Finland, and does not have any authority over the autonomous Government of Åland.
2.	Settled by the League of Nations following the Åland crisis.
3.	Åland held a separate referendum and then joined at the same time as the rest of Finland.
4.	Until 1999, the Finnish mark.
5.	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.

ऑलैण्ड द्वीपसमूह बाल्टिक सागर में एक द्वीप समूह है। यह बोथनिया की खाडी़ के मुख पर स्थित है यह एक फेड्रेसी है जो कि स्वायत्त असामरिक, एक भाषी, स्वीडिश भाषित फिनलैंड प्रशासित प्रांत है। यह फिनलैंड का सबसे छोटा प्रांत है, वहाँ की आबादी का 0.50% भाग एवं भूमि का 0.49% भाग।

Holidays

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Nyårsdagen
January 6	Epiphany	Trettondagen
March 30	Demilitarization Day	Ålands demilitariseringsdag	Peace in 1856 after the Crimean War
Moveable Friday	Good Friday	Långfredag	The Friday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Sunday	Easter Sunday	Påskdagen
Moveable Monday	Easter Monday	Annandag påsk	The day after Easter Sunday
April 30	Walpurgis Night	Valborgsmässoafton
May 1	May Day	Första maj
Moveable Thursday	Ascension Day	Kristi himmelsfärdsdag	39 days after Easter
Moveable Sunday	Pentecost	Pingstdagen	49 days after Easter
Moveable Monday	Whitmonday	Annandag Pingst	50 days after Easter
June 9	Autonomy Day	Självstyrelsedagen	First congregation of the regional government
Third Friday of June	Midsummer Eve	Midsommarafton
Third Saturday of June	Midsummer Day	Midsommardagen
First Saturday of November	All Saints Day	Alla helgons dag
December 6	Independence Day	Självständighetsdagen	Independence of Finland (1917)
December 24	Christmas Eve	Julafton
December 25	Christmas Day	Juldagen
December 26	St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day	Annandag jul

In popular culture

• The Åland Islands are mentioned as the location where the character Hooper Hamilton in H.G. Wells' book The Shape of Things to Come commits suicide.

Gallery

• Ferry in the Åland archipelago.
  Ferry in the Åland archipelago.
• 
  Östra Hamnen - The Eastern Port of Mariehamn, sailing ship Linden in the center
• 
  Sjökvarteret in Mariehamn
• 
  Sailing ship Pommern and a racing boat
• 
  Knutsbodaberget in Lemland, with 4 wind power generators
• 
  The Lemströms canal
• 
  Schooner Linden in the waters south of Mariehamn
• 
  Cruiseferries offer transport from Åland to both mainland Finland and Sweden.
• 
  Castleholm castle

See also

• Government of Åland
• Provincial Governors of Finland
• Åland Islands national football team
• Transport on the Åland Islands

External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of Åland
• Åland - Official Site (mainly in Swedish)
• Åland in Brief
• Government of Åland (in Swedish)
• Parliament of Åland
• Act on the Autonomy of Åland
• B7 Baltic Islands Network
• The autonomous regime of Åland
• Åland Official Tourist Gateway
• Ålandsbanken
• Posten Åland - the Post Office of Åland
• Ålandstidningen - Local Newspaper

साँचा:Landskap Finland साँचा:Maakunta साँचा:Nordic Council