GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.

Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".

In Finland this set is spread across 16 different regions, with Uusimaa home to the most of them (7).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

29

Smallest population

22,867

Largest population

121,622

Median population

46,942

Two you might get asked about

Karhula
22,867 inhabitants, Kymenlaakso
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Lahti
121,622 inhabitants, Paijat-Hame
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 29 cities in Finland

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	region
Lahti	121,622	Paijat-Hame
Pori	83,157	Satakunta
Joensuu	78,398	North Karelia
Kouvola	78,094	Kymenlaakso
Lappeenranta	72,909	South Karelia
Vaasa	69,819	Ostrobothnia
Hämeenlinna	68,473	Kanta-Häme
Seinäjoki	66,848	South Ostrobothnia
Rovaniemi	65,670	Lapland
Porvoo	51,853	Uusimaa
Mikkeli	51,661	South Savo
Salo	50,794	Southwest Finland
Kotka	50,157	Kymenlaakso
Kokkola	48,361	Central Ostrobothnia
Järvenpää	46,942	Uusimaa
Lohja	45,686	Uusimaa
Nurmijärvi	45,356	Uusimaa
Hyvinge	43,515	Uusimaa
Rauma	38,909	Satakunta
Kajaani	36,458	Kainuu
Savonlinna	31,283	South Savo
Vihti	28,864	Uusimaa
Riihimäki	28,610	Kanta-Häme
Raseborg	26,982	Uusimaa
Lempäälä	25,036	Pirkanmaa
Imatra	24,581	South Karelia
Sastamala	24,495	Pirkanmaa
Raahe	23,566	North Ostrobothnia
Karhula	22,867	Kymenlaakso

Tips for this category

Cluster them mentally by province or state first, then narrow down inside that cluster.
Distance to the nearest big city is a useful anchor if you know the bigger dots already.

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