Central Ostrobothnia

{{Short description|Region of Finland}}

{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=geo}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Central Ostrobothnia

| native_name = {{native name|fi|Keski-Pohjanmaa}}
{{native name|sv|Mellersta Österbotten}}

| official_name = Region of Central Ostrobothnia
{{lang|fi|Keski-Pohjanmaan maakunta}}
{{lang|sv|Landskapet Mellersta Österbotten}}

| settlement_type = Region

| image_skyline =

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| image_caption =

| image_flag = Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg

| flag_size = 75px

| image_shield = Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 75px

| shield_alt =

| nickname =

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| image_map = Keski-Pohjanmaa sijainti Suomi.svg

| mapsize = 150px

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| map_caption = Central Ostrobothnia on a map of Finland

| coordinates = {{Coord|63|30|N|24|15|E|type:adm2nd_region:FI|display=title,inline}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Finland

| subdivision_type1 = Historical province

| subdivision_name1 = Ostrobothnia

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Kokkola

| parts_type = Other town

| parts = Kannus

| area_total_km2 = 6463

| population_footnotes = https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/

| population_total = 67736

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_density_km2 = 13

| demographics_type1 = GDP

| demographics1_footnotes = [http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = €2.425 billion (2015)

| demographics1_title2 = Per capita

| demographics1_info2 = €35,181 (2015)

| timezone1 = EET

| utc_offset1 = +2

| timezone1_DST = EEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +3

| blank_name_sec1 = NUTS

| blank_info_sec1 = 1A1

| blank_name_sec2 = Regional bird

| blank_info_sec2 = Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

| blank2_name_sec2 = Regional fish

| blank2_info_sec2 = European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)

| blank3_name_sec2 = Regional flower

| blank3_info_sec2 = Bluebell (Harebell)

| blank4_name_sec2 = Regional stone

| blank4_info_sec2 = Gneiss

| blank5_name_sec2 = Regional lake

| blank5_info_sec2 = Lake Lestijärvi

| iso_code = FI-07

| website = [http://www.keski-pohjanmaa.fi/ keski-pohjanmaa.fi]

| footnotes =

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Central Ostrobothnia ({{langx|fi|Keski-Pohjanmaa}}; {{langx|sv|Mellersta Österbotten}}) is a region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia.{{Cite book |last=Nordberg |first=Kenneth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8OWDQAAQBAJ |title=Revolutionizing Economic and Democratic Systems: Reinventing the Third Way |date=2016-11-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-40633-6 |pages=70–71 |language=en}} The regional bird of Central Ostrobothnia is the Eurasian skylark, the regional stone is Gneiss, the regional lake is Lake Lestijärvi, the regional fish is European whitefish. The capital and largest city of the region is Kokkola.

Central Ostrobothnia has an area of 6,462.93 km, of which 5,019.98 km² is land area.{{Cite web |date=30 October 2024 |title=8 Keski-Pohjanmaa |url=https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/75308/8%20Keski-Pohjanmaa.pdf |access-date=30 October 2024}} Central Ostrobothnia, including the sea areas, is the smallest province in mainland Finland in terms of population and total area, and the second smallest province in Finland after Åland. However, if you count the land area alone, Kymenlaakso is smaller than Central Ostrobothnia.