Santahamina


Santahamina (Swedish: Sandhamn) is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted. The Finnish National Defence University (NDU) is also located on the island. The C-Lion1 undersea cable comes ashore at Santahamina.
Santahamina housed before 2007 a mediumwave broadcasting station used by Yle for broadcasting on 558 kHz with 100 kW.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Santahamina:
- National Coalition Party 45.5%
- True Finns 30.6%
- Social Democratic Party 7.5%
- Centre Party 6.3%
- Green League 3.4%
- Left Alliance 3.0%
- Christian Democrats 3.0%
External links
Media related to Santahamina at Wikimedia Commons
- Santahamina website (in Finnish)
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60°09′N 025°03′E / 60.150°N 25.050°E / 60.150; 25.050
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