Editing Satakunta (section)

{{Short description|Region of Finland}}
{{for multi|the constituency|Satakunta (constituency)|the historical province|Satakunta (historical province)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Satakunta
| official_name           = Region of Satakunta<br />{{native name|fi|Satakunnan maakunta}}<br />{{native name|sv|Landskapet Satakunta}}
| settlement_type         = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| image_skyline           =
| imagesize               =
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = 
| image_flag              = Satakunta-flag.svg
| flag_size               = 
| flag_border             = no
| image_shield            = Satakunta.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size             = 
| shield_alt              =
| nickname                =
| motto                   =
| image_map               = Satakunta sijainti Suomi.svg
| mapsize                 = 150px
| map_alt                 =
| map_caption             = Satakunta on a map of Finland
| coordinates             = {{coord|61|20|N|22|00|E|display=title,inline|region:FI_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Finland]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Historical provinces of Finland|Historical province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Satakunta (historical province)|Satakunta]]
| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = [[Pori]]
| parts_type             = Other towns
| parts                  = [[Harjavalta]], [[Huittinen]], [[Kankaanpää]], [[Kokemäki]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]] and [[Ulvila]]
| area_total_km2          = 8412.47
| population_footnotes    =
| population_total        = 216,752
| population_as_of        = 2019
| population_density_km2  = auto
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=":0">[http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = €8.077 billion (2015)
| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = €36,144 (2015)
| blank_name_sec1         = [[NUTS of Finland|NUTS]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 196
| blank_name_sec2         = Regional animal
| blank_info_sec2         = [[Eurasian beaver]]
| blank1_name_sec2        = Regional bird
| blank1_info_sec2        = [[Eurasian blue tit]]
| blank2_name_sec2        = Regional fish
| blank2_info_sec2        = [[European river lamprey]]
| blank3_name_sec2        = Regional flower
| blank3_info_sec2        = [[Hippophae rhamnoides|Common Sea-buckthorn]]
| blank4_name_sec2        = Regional lake
| blank4_info_sec2        = [[Pyhäjärvi (Satakunta)|Pyhäjärvi]]
| blank5_name_sec2        = Regional mineral
| blank5_info_sec2        = [[Sandstone]]
| iso_code                = FI-17
| website                 = [http://www.satakunta.fi satakunta.fi]
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Satakunta''' (in both [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2018/index_sv.html|title = Luokitus: Maakunnat 2021 &#124; Tilastokeskus}}</ref> {{IPA|fi|ˈs̠ɑt̪ɑˌkun̪t̪ɑ}}; historically ''Satacundia'')<ref>[[Jacob Ziegler]]: ''Schondia: id est regionum et populorum SeptlntÍionalium perutilis áescriptio''. Strasbourg, 1532.</ref> is a [[Regions of Finland|region]] ({{lang|fi|maakunta}} / {{lang|sv|landskap}}) of [[Finland]], part of the former [[Western Finland Province]]. It borders the regions of [[Southwest Finland]], [[Pirkanmaa]], [[South Ostrobothnia]] and [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satakunta 101 {{!}} Finland |url=https://www.finland101.com/page/satakunta |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.finland101.com |language=en}}</ref> The capital city of the region is [[Pori]]. The name of the region literally means [[hundred (division)|hundred]]. The [[Satakunta (historical province)|historical province of the same name]] was a larger area within Finland, covering modern Satakunta as well as much of [[Pirkanmaa]].