North Karelia Province

The Province of North Karelia (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) was a province of Finland from 1960 to 1997.

It was established in 1960 when it was separated from the Province of Kuopio. In 1997 it was reunited with Kuopio and together with the Province of Mikkeli it was merged into the new Province of Eastern Finland.

Maps

File:Finnish counties 1831.jpg

Provinces of Finland 1831: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 6: Mikkeli, 8: Kuopio, 10: Oulu, 13: Viipuri

File:Finnish counties 1960.jpg

Provinces of Finland 1960: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: North Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland

File:Finnish counties 1996.jpg

Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: North Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland

File:Finnish counties 1997.jpg

Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

• Eno
• Ilomantsi
• Joensuu
• Juuka
• Kesälahti
• Kiihtelysvaara
• Kitee
• Kontiolahti
• Outokumpu
• Lieksa
• Liperi
• Nurmes
• Polvijärvi
• Pyhäselkä
• Rääkkylä
• Tohmajärvi
• Tuupovaara
• Valtimo
• Värtsilä

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

• Nurmeksen mlk
• Pielisjärvi

Governors

• Lauri Riikonen 1960–1967
• Esa Timonen 1967–1992
• Hannu Tenhiälä 1992–1997

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