What is "aland"

Aland \A*land"\, adv. [Pref. a- + land.] On land; to the land; ashore. ``Cast aland.''
--Sir P. Sidney.

adv. 1 (context obsolete English) On dry land, as opposed to in the water. (13th-19th c.) 2 (context now rare poetic English) To the land; ashore. (from 14th c.)

The Aland was an advanced (for the day) four cylinder 2.5liter 16-valve, single ohc automobile with diagonally-connected four-wheel internal expanding brakes and aluminum pistons. It was made in Detroit, Michigan, by the Aland Motor Car Company between 1916 and 1917. Two and five seater bodied versions were available for $1500.

Åland is an electoral district represented in the Parliament of Finland. It covers the autonomous administrative region of Åland, with a population of 26,711 . It is the smallest constituency in Finland, and the only one that only elects one member of parliament. The region is guaranteed a special status in Finnish law, whereby it will always have at least one representative even if its population would not entitle it to one.

Continental Finnish political parties do not operate in Åland, and instead the region has its own parties. Elections to the Parliament are contested through common lists.

The current member of parliament for Åland is Elisabeth Nauclér (Borgerlig allians).

Åland is archipelago in the Baltic Sea, and a self-governing part of Finland.

Åland or Aland may also refer to:

• Fasta Åland, the main island in the Åland archipelago
• Aland (river), a river in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Aland, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Aland, Karnataka, a town in Karnataka, India
• Aland, West Azerbaijan, a village in Iran
• Aland Rural District, in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Aland (automobile), an automobile from the early 20th century, manufactured in the United States

The Aland is a river in the German states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, left tributary of the Elbe. It is the continuation of the river Biese (downstream from Seehausen), which is the continuation of the river Milde. The Aland is long, whereas the total Milde-Biese-Aland system is long. The Aland flows into the Elbe in Schnackenburg.

Category:Rivers of Lower Saxony Category:Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt

The Province of Åland was a province of Finland from 1918 to 2009.

The State Provincial Office on the Åland Islands (Länsstyrelsen på Åland) represented the Finnish central government on the Åland Islands between 1918 and 2009. Due to its autonomy, it had somewhat different functions than similar offices in other Provinces of Finland. Generally a State Provincial Office was a joint regional authority of seven different ministries of the Government of Finland. In Åland the State Provincial Office also represented a set of other authorities of the central government, which in mainland-Finland has separate bureaucracies. On the other hand duties, which on mainland-Finland were handled by the provincial offices, were transferred to the autonomous government of Åland.

Along with the abolition of all provinces of Finland, the Åland State Provincial Office was replaced by the State Department of Åland in 2009.