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Turku and Pori Province

{{Short description|Province of Finland (1634–1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

|native_name = Turun ja Porin lääni
Åbo och Björneborgs län
Або-Бьёрнеборгская губерния

|conventional_long_name = Turku and Pori Province

|common_name = Turku and Pori

|subdivision = County

|nation = Sweden 1634–1809
Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917
Province of independent Finland 1917–1997

|event_start =

|year_start = 1634

|date_start =

|event_end =

|year_end = 1997

|date_end =

|event1 =

|date_event1 =

|p1 =

|flag_p1 =

|s1 = Province of Åland

|flag_s1 = Flag_of_Åland.svg

|s2 = Western Finland

|flag_s2 = Flag of Finland.svg

|image_flag =

|image_coat = Turun ja Porin lääni.vaakuna.svg

|image_map =

|image_map_caption =

|capital = Turku

|stat_area1 = 20721

|stat_year1 = 1 January 1993

|stat_pop1 = 731786

|leader1 =

|year_leader1=

|leader2 =

|year_leader2=

|title_leader= Governor

|footnotes =

}}

Turku and Pori Province ({{Langx|fi|Turun ja Porin lääni}}, {{Langx|sv|Åbo och Björneborgs län}}, {{Langx|ru|Або-Бьёрнеборгская губерния

}}) was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the cities of Turku ({{Langx|sv|Åbo}}) and Pori ({{Langx|sv|Björneborg}}).

Åland was split into a separate province in 1918. In 1997 Turku and Pori Province was merged with the northern part of the Häme Province, the provinces of Vaasa and Central Finland into the new Western Finland Province.

Maps

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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

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Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

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Governors

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References

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{{Provinces of Finland}}

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Category:Provinces of Finland (1917–1997)

Category:1634 establishments in Sweden