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See also:HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)
, a seaport and the See also:capital of See also:Finland and of the See also:province of Nyland, centre of the administrative, scientific, educational and See also:industrial See also:life of Finland
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The See also:fine See also:harbour is divided into two parts by a promontory, and is protected at its entrance by a See also:group of small islands, on one of which stands the fortress of Sveaborg
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A third harbour is situated on the See also:west See also:side of the promontory, and all three have See also:granite quays
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The See also:city, which in 1810 had only 4065 inhabitants, See also:Abo the then capital having 10,224, has increased with See also:great rapidity, having 22,228 inhabitants in 186o, 61,530 in 1890 and 111,654 in 1904
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It is the centre of an active See also:shipping See also:trade with the Baltic ports and with See also:England, and of a railway See also:system connecting it with all parts of the See also:grand duchy and with St See also:Petersburg
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See also:Helsingfors is handsome and well laid out with wide streets, parks, gardens and monuments
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The See also:principal square contains the See also:cathedral of St See also:Nicholas, the See also:Senate See also:House and the university, all str;See also: There are a See also:polytechnic, ten high See also:schools, See also:navigation and trade schools, institutes for the See also:blind and the mentally deficient, and numerous elementary schools . The See also:general See also:standard of education is high, the publication of books, reviews and See also:newspapers being very active . The See also:language of culture is Swedish, but owing to See also:recent manufacturing developments the See also:majority of the See also:population is Finnish-speaking . Helsingfors displays great manufacturing and commercial activity, the imports being See also:coal, machinery, See also:sugar, See also:grain and clothing . The manufactures of the city consist largely of See also:tobacco, See also:beer and See also:spirits, carpets, machinery and sugar . |
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