South Western Pirkanmaa is a subdivision of the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

. It has been one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Municipalities

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 64.6% * Laura Huhtasaari 8.9% * Pekka Haavisto 7.1% * Paavo Väyrynen 6.5% *

Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journali ...

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Tuula Haatainen Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of ...

4.3% * Merja Kyllönen 3.2% * Nils Torvalds 0.2% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of Pirkanmaa {{WesternFinland-geo-stub