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ULEABORG (Finnish, Oulu)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ULEABORG (Finnish, Oulu) , a See also:province in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Finland, including a wide territory to the See also:north of See also:Kuopio and nearly reaching Varangerfjord, taking in the high dreary See also:plateau of Laponia (16,000 sq. m.) and the fertile plains of Osterbotten. It has a See also:total See also:area of 63,970 sq. m., with a See also:population, chiefly agricultural in Osterbotten and nomadic in Laponia, of (1904) 295,187. The bulk of the inhabitants (99%) are Finnish. There are immense forests, and only 0.4% of the area is under culture. The See also:capital of the See also:government is Uleaborg, a See also:sea-See also:port on the Gulf of See also:Bothnia, now connected by railway with See also:Helsingfors (498 m.); pop. (1904), 17,737.

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