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  2.                                          FINLAND 
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  4.                                           OF-OI 
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  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Finland.
  7.         LOCATION:Northern Europe, on Baltic Sea.
  8.         LAT/LONG:64N/26E
  9.         CONTINENT:Europe.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:19  CQ:15
  11.         TIME:+2 Hrs. (+3 Hrs.during summer).
  12.         AREA:130,127 Sq.M.  337,030 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:4,939,880  DENSITY:38/Sq.M.  (15/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:0.36%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:Men  70.1 Women 78.1
  15.         LITERACY RATE:almost 100%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:republic.
  17.         CAPITAL:Helsinki.
  18.         LANGUAGES:93.5% Finnish, 6.3% Swedish (both are official); small 
  19.         Lapp-and Russian-speaking minorities.
  20.         RELIGIONS:97% Evangelical Lutheran, 1.2% Greek Orthodox, 1.8% other.
  21.         CURRENCY:Finnmark (Fim).
  22.         GNP:$54.4 billion  ($11,100 per capita)  GROWTH RATE:2.9% (1985).
  23.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:metal manufacturing, shipbuilding, forestry, wood 
  24.         processing, copper refining, foodstuffs, textiles, clothing.
  25.         AGRICULTURE:animal husbandry (especially dairying) predominates; 
  26.         forestry important secondary occupation for rural population; main 
  27.         crops-cereals, sugar beets, potatoes; 85% self-sufficient.
  28.         EXPORTS:timber, paper, wood pulp, ships, machinery, clothing and 
  29.         footwear. ($13.54 billion).
  30.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:2.95 million telephones; 6 AM, 105 FM, 235 TV 
  31.         stations.
  32.         COMMERCIAL POWER:220/380V; 50Hz.
  33.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:6 December (Independence Day).
  34.         MISC:One third of Finland's length is within the Arctic Circle. There 
  35.         are more than 60,000 lakes in Finland. Helsinki is the northernmost 
  36.         capital on the European continent. Finland was the second country 
  37.         (after New Zealand) to give women the right to vote. The terrain is 
  38.         mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with low hills. 76% of 
  39.         the land is forested, 8% is arable.  Permanently wet ground covers 
  40.         about 30% of the land. Uses metric system. Member of UN since 1955.
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  42.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:yes)
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