Southwest Finland

Southwest Finland Varsinais-Suomi (Finnish) Egentliga Finland (Swedish) Finland Proper
Region
Region of Finland Proper Varsinais-Suomen maakunta Landskapet Egentliga Finland
Coat of arms
Finland Proper on a map of Finland
Country	Finland
Historical province	Finland Proper
Capital	Turku
Area
• Total	10,910.05 km2 (4,212.39 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	485,567
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€16.219 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€34,252 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	FI-19
NUTS	183
Regional animal	Red fox
Regional bird	Western jackdaw
Regional fish	Baltic herring
Regional flower	Oak
Regional stone	Red granite
Regional lake	Pyhäjärvi
Website	varsinais-suomi.fi

Southwest Finland,^[2] calqued as Finland Proper (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi, IPA: [ˈʋɑrs̠inɑi̯s̠ˌs̠uo̞̯mi]; Swedish: Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The region's capital and most populous city is Turku, which was the capital city of Finland before Helsinki.

The area comprising the Southwest is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper, so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns proper.