maps of aland

It would take a sharp eye to locate the maps of Aland Island on the various maps of the world. It is spread over 13,324 square kilometers and its capital city is Mariehamn which is the largest city in the country. This country was formed in the 1920s and is a demilitarized nation.

On the map it is located in the Baltic Sea at the entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the smallest region of Finland and maximum numbers of people in this country speak Swedish. Its name literally means it is a land of rivers though rivers are not that prominent in this country. Even this country at a point of time belonged to the Russians.

The system which governs the country is parliamentarism.The biggest chunk of the Aland economy comes from the shipping industry which constitutes around forty percent of the economy. This country is the twentieth wealthiest regions of the European Union and the richest region of Finland.

Among the tourist spots in Aland, Mariehamn is a good place to hire your own personal boat and sail off. Kastelholm castle is another place on the travel maps of Aland. Aland Island is an autonomous region in Finland and gets lots of subsidies from the European Union.