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'''Southwest Finland''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.fi/uutinen/alueluokitusmuutokset-112019 |title=Alueluokitusmuutokset 1.1.2019 &#124; Tilastokeskus |language=fi |trans-title=Changes in regional classification on 1 January 2019 |publisher=Stat.fi |date=January 7, 2019 |accessdate=2022-03-23}}</ref> [[calque]]d as '''Finland Proper''' ({{lang-fi|Varsinais-Suomi}} {{IPA-fi|ˈʋɑrs̠inɑi̯s̠ˌs̠uo̞̯mi||}}; {{lang-sv|Egentliga Finland}}), is a [[Regions of Finland|region]] in the southwest of [[Finland]]. It borders the regions of [[Satakunta]], [[Pirkanmaa]], [[Tavastia Proper|Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme)]], [[Uusimaa]], and [[Åland]]. The region's capital and most populous city is [[Turku]], which was known as the former [[capital city]] of Finland before [[Helsinki]].
 
The area comprising the Southwest is largely the same as the historical province of [[Finland Proper (historical province)|Finland Proper]], so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns proper.