Uleaborg province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Uleaborg province

Subject:

Regional Diversity

Creator:

Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov

Source:

Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)

Publisher:

Library of Congress; Russian National Library

Date:

1856

Rights:

Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes.

Language:

Russian

Region:

Grand Duchy of Finland

Capital:

Uleaborg

Area (sq. miles):

57,396

Population:

125,114

Population density:

2.2 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Finns, Swedes, Sami

Economic activities:

trade in deer hides, fishing, glove-making, sheep farming, crop farming, forestry

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

From the heights near Torneo the sun is visible for several days in sucession on the horizon.

Climate:

healthful

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

animal husbandry, Baltic Sea basin, climate: healthful, crop farming, Finns, fishing, forestry, gloves, Grand Duchy of Finland, leather, Russians, Sami, Swedes, trade: active