| Uppsala (region) | |
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| Main information | |
| Capital city | Uppsala |
| Currency | Swedish crown |
| Surface | 8209 |
| Population | 348 942 |
| Tongue | Swedish |
Uppsala (region) - one of Swedish administrative regions (län). The seat of the regional authorities (residensstad) is Uppsala.
Characteristic
Geography
The administrative region of Uppsala is situated in the eastern part of Svealand and comprises the western and northern parts of the Uppland Landskap and a small part of Gästrikland.
It borders on administrative regions Stockholm, Södermanland (via Lake Mälaren), Västmanland and Gävleborg and with the Baltic Sea.