Eastern Finland

Eastern Finland
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The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders to Russia.

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**Itä-Suomen lääni**
**Östra Finlands län**

Province	FI-IS
Residence city	Mikkeli
Governor	Pirjo Ala-Kapee
Historical provinces	Karelia Savonia
Regions	North Karelia Northern Savonia Southern Savonia
Area - Total	Ranked 4th 48,726 km²
Population - Total (2002) - Density	Ranked 3rd 588,106 12,0/km²

1 Historical provinces
2 Administration
3 Regions
4 Heraldry
5 External links

Historical provinces

For history, geography and culture see: Savonia and Karelia

In the 1997 redesign that reduced the number of provinces in Finland from 12 to 6, Mikkeli province, Kuopio province and Pohjois-Karjala province formed the new province of Eastern Finland.

Administration

Main article: Eastern Finland State Provincial Office

The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promotes national and regional objectives of the State central administration. Eastern Finland State Provincial Office has branches offices in Mikkeli, Joensuu, Kuopio.