Koillismaa

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Koillismaa

| settlement_type = Sub-region

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| subdivision_name1 = Northern Ostrobothnia

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Kuusamo

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| population_as_of = 2011

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Koillismaa ({{literal|Northeast Land}}){{cite book|author=Jyrki Muona & Juha Viramo|title=The coleoptera of the Koillismaa area (Ks.), Northeast Land|location=Oulu|publisher=University of Oulu|year=1986|isbn=951-42-2163-X}} is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Municipalities

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Coat of arms !Municipality
align=left\|File:Kuusamo.vaakuna.svg	Kuusamo (city)
align=left\|File:Taivalkoski.vaakuna.svg	Taivalkoski (municipality)

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Coat of arms

!Municipality

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Kuusamo (city)

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Taivalkoski (municipality)

Geographic region

Koillismaa is also a geographic region, which includes Kuusamo, Taivalkoski, Posio and Pudasjärvi, sometimes also Ranua and Ylikiiminki (which was merged into Oulu in 2009). The name was first used by Reino Rinne, the founder of the newspaper Koillissanomat in 1950, however the name was popularized by Kalle Päätalo in the 1960s.

= Dialects =

The dialects of Kuusamo, Taivalkoski and Posio are Savonian dialects, specifically Kainuu dialects. Parts of Pudasjärvi also use a Kainuu dialect.{{Cite web|title=Savolaismurteiden alue|url=http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/savolais.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213004750/http://sokl.uef.fi/aineistot/aidinkieli/murteet/savolais.html|archive-date=December 13, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2022|website=sokl.uef.fi|language=fi}}

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

References

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Category:Sub-regions of Finland

Category:Geography of North Ostrobothnia