Finland's 19 regions and 309 municipalities, with Åland the smallest region and Lapland holding the Sami Domicile Area
Background
The European Union's Finland country page records that the country is divided into 19 regions and 70 sub-regions.
Finland's central government is based in Helsinki and its local governments in the 309 municipalities (towns and cities).
The smallest region, Åland, is an autonomous archipelago in the south-west.
The northern Lapland region comprises the Sami Domicile Area, home to around half of Finland's indigenous Sami people.
The page gives Finland's geographical size as 338 363 km2 and its population as 5 635 971, citing Eurostat.
It lists Finnish and Swedish as Finland's official EU languages.
In plain words
Sami Domicile Area Sami Domicile Area — The area in northern Finland recognised as the home region of the country's indigenous Sami people.
Åland Åland — Finland's smallest region, an autonomous archipelago lying off its south-western coast.