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1742: 240: 4175: 4431: 1598: 1630: 1678: 4299: 1726: 1710: 4463: 4205: 1694: 1843:(Kautokeino): About 90% of the population speaks North Sami, and several Sami institutions are here. These include Beaivváš Sami Theatre, a Sami High School and Reindeer Herding School, the Sami University College, the Nordic Sami Research Institute, the Sami Language Board, the Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous People, and the International Centre For Reindeer Husbandry. In addition, several Sami media are based in Kautokeino. These include the Sami language newspaper 1614: 1662: 1198:. On 14 December 2008, the first Congress of the Russian Sámi took place. The Conference decided to demand the formation of a Russian Sámi Parliament, to be elected by the local Sámi. A suggestion to have the Russian Federation pick representatives for the Parliament was voted down with a clear majority. The Congress also chose a Council of Representatives that was to work for the establishment of a parliament and otherwise represent the Russian Sámi. It is headed by 1646: 4616: 4450: 4192: 938: 2586: 4286: 4476: 4218: 1242: 4376: 4120: 4389: 4133: 4363: 4255: 4107: 75: 4273: 4506: 4402: 4146: 1991: 4415: 4159: 224: 4519: 4242: 1110: 1870:(Karasjok) is the seat of the Norwegian Sami Parliament. Other important Sami institutions include NRK Sami Radio, the Sami Collections Museum, the Sami Art Centre, the Sami Specialist Library, the legal office of Middle Finnmark, the Inner Finnmark Child and Youth Psychiatric Policlinic, the Sami Specialist Medical Centre, and the Sami Health Research Institute. In addition, the 1121:. Elections are held every four years by direct vote from seven constituencies covering all of Norway (six of which are in Sápmi) and run parallel to the general Norwegian parliamentary elections. This is the Sámi Parliament with the most influence over any part of Sápmi, as it is involved in the autonomy established by the 767:
In Inari, the climate is warm-end subarctic, with summer highs of 18 °C (64 °F), and winter lows of −15 °C (5 °F). The average winter sees 131 days of snowfall, with the first flakes falling to the ground in September. Snow cover lasts about two-thirds of the year and may persist
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It is difficult to give estimates of inhabitants since Sápmi is not precisely defined. It is also difficult to account for the distribution of ethnic groups as many people have double or multiple ethnic identities—both seeing themselves as members of the majority population and being part of one or
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consists of the areas south of Saltfjellet and corresponding areas in Sweden and is home to the southern languages. In this area, Sami culture is mostly visible inland and on the coast of the Baltic Sea, and the languages are spoken by few. Corresponds to the regions marked 1 and 2 on the map below
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They call themselves saam´ or saam´lja (on the Kola Peninsula), sabme, sabmelas^ (pl. sabmela at). Other nations have called them Fenn (Finn) and since the 12th century, Lapp (e.g. the form Lop' appears in Old Russian Chronicles at about 1000 AD). The use of the name Saam has been propagated in
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On 2 March 2000, the Sámi parliaments of Norway and Finland founded the Sámi Parliamentary Council, and the Sámi Parliament of Sweden joined two years later. Each parliament sends seven representatives, and observers are sent from the Sámi organisations of Russia and the Sámi Council. The Sámi
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The Sámi Homeland in Finland is one part of Sápmi, a large, diverse area that encompasses northern Norway, Sweden, and Russia's Kola Peninsula. While the northernmost regions of Sweden and Finland are both called Lapland, the entire Sápmi area has been imprecisely referred to as "Lapland" and
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mountains and areas on the Swedish side corresponding to this. Central Sápmi is the region where Sami culture is strongest and home to North Sami—the most widely used Sami language. In the southernmost part of this subregion, however, Sami culture is rather weak—this is where the moribund
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international Indigenous festival each summer. The municipality has a Sami language centre and hosts the Ája Sami Centre. The opposition against Sami language and culture revitalization in Gáivuotna was infamous in the late 1990s and included Sami language road signs being shot to pieces
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region and is home to the eastern Sami languages. While being the most heavily populated part of Sápmi, this is also the region where the Indigenous population and their culture are weakest. Corresponds to the regions marked 6 through 9 on the map below.
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Finally, Sápmi may also be subdivided into cultural regions according to the state's borders, which affects daily life for people no matter their ethnicity. These regions are commonly referred to as "sides" by Sami, for example, "the Norwegian side"
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appears as a common component of place names throughout central and southern Finland as well; in many cases, it probably refers to earlier Sami presence, though in some cases the underlying meaning may be mere "periphery" or "outlying district".
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and vegetation is sparse, except in the densely forested southern portion. The mountainous west coast has significantly milder winters and more precipitation than the large areas east of the mountain chain. North of the Arctic Circle
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Norway, Finland and Sweden all have Sámi Parliaments that to varying degrees are involved in governing the region—though mostly they only have authority over the matters of the Sámi citizens of the states in which they are situated.
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and the DAT Sami publishing house/record company. Kautokeino also hosts the Sami Easter Festival. The Kautokeino rebellion in 1852 was one of the few Sami rebellions against the Norwegian government's oppression of the
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Sápmi overlaps with several other national, cultural and administrative regions. In practice, most of the Sámi population is concentrated in a few traditional areas in the northernmost part of Sápmi, such as
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stretching southwest and northeast, so that a message could hypothetically be passed between Sami speakers from one end to the other and be understood by all. Today, however, many of the languages are
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and accepted or rejected by the local parliaments. However, should the parliament refuse to accept the president's nominee, the president is entitled to dissolve parliament and call local elections.
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Sápmi (and corresponding terms in other Sami languages) refers to both the Sami land and the Sami people. The word "Sámi" is the accusative-genitive form of the noun "Sápmi"—making the name's (
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usually freezes over in winter. The ocean floor to the north and west of Sápmi has deposits of petroleum and natural gas. Sápmi contains valuable mineral deposits, particularly
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based on Saami organisations. This council also organises interstate cooperation between the Saami, and also often represents the Saami in international fora such as the
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The following towns and villages have a significant Sami population or host Sami institutions. Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, or Russian toponyms are in parentheses.
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Different criteria are set when calculating the number of Sámi, but the number is generally between 80,000 and 100,000. Many live in areas outside Sápmi such as
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At present, the Scandinavian media use no other term than Sámis. Institutions and the media use the word Sámi. The term "lapp" is considered pejorative.
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Anderson, Myrdene (November 1983). "The Saami People of Lapland: Four Recent Works on the Interplay of History, Ethnicity and Reindeer Pastoralism".
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and Finnmark's county council. The two institutions appoint leaders of the board alternately. The administrative centre of Finnmárku (Finnmark) is
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Nordland covers a long strip of coast that includes both North Sami, Julev Sami, Bithun Sami, and South Sami areas. Its administrative centre is
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covers the Kola Peninsula and is home to Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle and in the Sápmi. It is subdivided into several
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In Russia, there is no Sámi Parliament. Two Sámi organisations are members of the national umbrella organisation of Indigenous peoples, the
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abound in the region. Steamers are operated on some of the lakes, and many ports are ice-free throughout the year. All ports along the
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Sápmi is the name in Northern Sami, the most widely spoken of the Sami languages. In other languages, it the following terms are used:
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that coordinates administration with national political goals for the county. Much of county politics is run by the county council or
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North Sami is subdivided into three main dialects: West, East, and Coast. The written standard is based on the Western dialect.
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Sami language, one of the more widely used Sami languages. These correspond to the regions marked 3 through 5 on the map below.
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part of Sápmi is characterized by great rivers running from the northwest to the southeast. From the former Norwegian county of
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is sometimes considered a part of the Sápmi cultural region and is a South Sami county. The administrative centre is
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The Saamic languages are the region's main minority languages and its oldest attested languages. They belong to the
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Even without permafrost or a legit tundra climate, much of Sápmi is arctic moorland with stunted, scattered trees.
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are governed by popularly elected parliaments and formally headed by governors. The governors are nominated by the
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the summer season—both phenomena are longer the further north you go. Traditionally, the Sami divide the year into
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is considered one of the centres of Sámi culture, and because of that, it is also widely known as the "capital of
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Exposition des opérations faites en Lapponie, pour la détermination d'un arc du méridien en 1801, 1802 et 1803
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Location of Sápmi: dark red line showing the Southern limit of the areas traditionally inhabited by the Sám
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and eastward, the terrain is that of a low plateau with many marshes and lakes, the largest of which is
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promoted as an "untouched wilderness", despite the long presence of people living and working there.
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in the Julev Sami area (Norrbotten includes North, Julev and Bithun areas). Current landshövding is
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languages. Many Sami languages are mutually unintelligible, but the languages originally formed a
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consists of the western part of Finland's Sami Domicile Area, the parts of Norway north of the
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is an old part of Sapmi and still is. There are a lot of Sami on the coast of the Baltic Sea (
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cultural park is in the township, and the Sami language Min Áigi newspaper is published here.
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Every Norwegian citizen registered as a Sámi has the right to vote in the elections for the
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In older Norwegian, Sápmi was known as "Finnmork" or "Finnmark"; which is now the name of
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that covers key parts of historical Sápmi. Some English language sources have transferred
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that specialises in Sami subjects. It also has a notable and very active Sami population.
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Darkened areas represent municipalities that recognize Sami as an official language.
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within the last decades. The Saamis themselves consider the name Lapp pejorative.
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or Tromsø. Romsa is North Norway's biggest city and Sápmi's biggest city after
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county (mostly the northern part of the county). The administrative centre is
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Parliamentary Council discuss cross-border cooperation, hands out the annual
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On the map to the right numbers indicate Sámi languages. Of these languages,
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was created from a revision of this article dated 14 February 2006
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Four municipalities in the northern part of Finnish Lapland constitute the
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The Tour de Barents is a cross-country skiing race held in the region.
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in Finnish Lapland. The extreme northeastern section lies within the
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In addition to the parliaments and their common council, there is a
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Presentation of Finnmark by Norway's Ministry of Trade and Industry
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language development award, and represents the Sámi people abroad.
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or Bodø. The current county governor is Mariette Korsrud from the
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assumed the etymology of the term "Lapland" to be related to the
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The Sami are a small minorities in the Russian part of Sápmi.
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Groups of Sámi people have settled in the northern parts of
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respectively, but with varying degrees of autonomy for the
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Cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people
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region is often excluded. The administrative centre is
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or Vadsø, in the far east of the county. The current
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and thus there are "gaps" in the original continuum.
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Five counties are wholly or partially within Sápmi.
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