Editing Eastern Uusimaa

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| name                   = Eastern Uusimaa<br />Itä-Uusimaa
| native_name            = {{lang|fi|Itä-Uudenmaan maakunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|landskapet Östra Nyland}}
| settlement_type        = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| image_skyline          =
| image_alt              =
| image_caption          =
| image_shield           = Itä-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg
| shield_alt             =
| nickname               =
| motto                  =
| image_map              = Itä-Uusimaa.sijainti.suomi.2010.svg
| mapsize                = 150px
| map_alt                =
| map_caption            = Eastern Uusimaa on a map of Finland
| coordinates            = {{Coord|60|30|N|26|00|E|type:adm2nd_region:FI-ES|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes  =
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = [[Finland]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[Historical provinces of Finland|Historical province]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Uusimaa (historical province)|Uusimaa]]
| seat_type              = Capital 
| seat                   = [[Porvoo]]
| area_total_km2         = 2800.28
| population_footnotes   =
| population_total       = 95300
| population_as_of       = 2009
| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1        = [[NUTS of Finland|NUTS]]
| blank_info_sec1        = 182
| blank_name_sec2        = Regional bird
| blank_info_sec2        = [[Barn swallow|Swallow]] (''Hirundo rustica'')
| blank1_name_sec2       = Regional fish
| blank1_info_sec2       = [[Brown trout|Trout]] (''Salmo trutta'')
| blank2_name_sec2       = Regional flower
| blank2_info_sec2       = [[Tussilago farfara|Coltsfoot]] (''Tussilago farfara'')
| website                = [http://www.ita-uusimaa.fi ita-uusimaa.fi]
| footnotes              =
}}

'''Eastern Uusimaa''' or, officially, '''Itä-Uusimaa'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.fi/meta/luokitukset/maakunta/001-2010/index_en.html |title = Luokitus: Maakunnat 2022 {{!}} Tilastokeskus}}</ref> ({{langx|fi|Itä-Uusimaa}}; {{langx|sv|Östra Nyland}}; literally "Eastern New Land") was one of the 19 [[Regions of Finland|regions]] of [[Finland]], until it consolidated with the region of [[Uusimaa]] on 1 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 October 2009 |title=Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä |url=http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/tiedote/fi.jsp?oid=274585 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807084712/http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/tiedote/fi.jsp?oid=274585 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |access-date=30 December 2010 |publisher=Ministry of Finance |language=fi}}</ref> It bordered the regions of Uusimaa, [[Päijänne Tavastia|Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme)]] and [[Kymenlaakso]].

== Historical provinces ==
{{For|history, geography, and culture|Uusimaa (historical province)}}

== Municipalities ==
{{main|Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa}}

The region of Eastern Uusimaa was made up of seven [[municipalities of Finland|municipalities]], of which two had city status (marked in bold). Finnish names of the various municipalities are given in brackets next to the English-usage name.

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'''Loviisa Sub-region:'''
* [[Lapinjärvi (municipality)|Lapinjärvi]] (Lappträsk)
* '''[[Loviisa]]''' (Lovisa)
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'''Porvoo Sub-region:'''
* [[Askola]]
* [[Myrskylä]] (Mörskom)
* '''[[Porvoo]]''' (Borgå)
* [[Pukkila]]
* [[Sipoo]] (Sibbo)<sup>*</sup>
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<sup>*</sup> - transferred to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region on 1 January 2011

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.ita-uusimaa.fi Eastern Uusimaa Regional Council]

{{Regions of Finland}}

[[Category:Southern Finland Province]]
[[Category:Defunct regions of Finland|Uusimaa, Eastern]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Finland]]


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