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'''Lapland''' are two different provinces in the northernmost parts of the two countries [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]] and [[Country: Finland|Finland]] which has once historically been one and the same province.
== Lapland (swedish: Lappland) in Sweden ==
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'''Lapland''' (in swedish ''Lappland''' ) is a province in northernmost [[Country:Sweden|Sweden]] that has about 92 000 inhabitants. In [[Turf]] most of the province is included in the [[region]]s of [[Region: Norrbotten|Norrbotten]] and [[Region: Västerbotten|Västerbotten]]. A smaller part of this province is included in the region of [[Region: Jämtland|Jämtland]]. The province is Sweden's largest in area and covers approximately a quarter of the entire country's surface.
The province consists mainly of the twelve [[municipalities]] [[Municipality: Arjeplog|Arjeplog]], [[Municipality: Arvidsjaur|Arvidsjaur]], [[Municipality: Dorotea|Dorotea]], [[Municipality: Gällivare|Gällivare]], [[Municipality: Jokkmokk|Jokkmokk]], [[Municipality: Kiruna|Kiruna]], [[Municipality: Lycksele|Lycksele]], [[Municipality: Malå|Malå]], [[Municipality: Sorsele|Sorsele]], [[Municipality: Storuman|Storuman]], [[Municipality: Vilhelmina|Vilhelmina]] and [[Municipality: Åsele|Åsele]]. A smaller part of [[Municipality: Strömsund|Strömsunds]] is also part of the province.
== Lapland (finnish: Lappi) in Finland ==
[[File: Lappland vapen Finland.png|right|120px]]
'''Lapland''' (in finnish ''Lappi''' ) is a historical province in northernmost [[Country: Finland|Finland]] that in ''[[Turf]]'' is included in the region [[Region: Lappi|Lappi]] (Lapland), which now encompasses the modern province of Lappi (laplandLapland).
The historical province inckudes the eight municipalities [[Municipality: Inari|Inari]] (''Enare''), [[Municipality: Enontekiö|Enontekiö]] (''Enontekis''), [[Municipality: Kittilä|Kittilä]], [[Municipality: Muonio|Muonio]], [[Municipality: Pelkosenniemi|Pelkosenniemi]], [[Municipality: Savukoski|Savukoski]], [[Municipality: Sodankylä|Sodankylä]] and [[Municipality: Utsjoki|Utsjoki]].
