Northern Karelia Province

Province of Northern Karelia Pohjois-Karjalan lääni Norra Karelens län
Province of Finland
← 1960–1997 →
Coat of arms of Northern Karelia Coat of arms
Capital		Joensuu
History
•	Established	1960
•	Disestablished	1997
Area
•	1.1.1993	21,585 km2 (8,334 sq mi)
Population
•	1.1.1993	177,893
	Density	8.2 /km2  (21.3 /sq mi)

The Province of Northern Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan lääni, Swedish: Norra Karelens län) 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.

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

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

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

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