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Helsinki

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Country: Finland

Population:558,457

Time Zone:UTC+3

Until about 1930, Helsinki was commonly known in English by its Swedish name, Helsingfors. Finland’s capital and largest city, it stands on the Gulf of Finland and serves as the centre of southern Finland’s Uusimaa region. With about 694,000 residents in the municipality, Helsinki leads the country in politics, education, finance, culture and research, while Finnish and Swedish are both official languages.