Kuopio Province
| Kuopio Province Kuopion lääni Kuopio län | |||||||||||
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| Province of Finland | |||||||||||
| 1831–1997 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Kuopio | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1.1.1993 | 19,954 km2 (7,704 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1.1.1993 | 258,662 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1831 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1997 | ||||||||||
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The Kuopio Province (Finnish: Kuopion lääni, Swedish: Kuopio län, Russian: Куопиоская губерния) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. The province was named after its capital, city of Kuopio.