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YLÄMAA

Region : Etelä-Karjala
Former province : Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Kymi)
Incorporated into : 2009 Lappeenranta

Official blazon

Vihreässä kentässä havukoroinen hopealakio.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 21, 1964.

The arms show a pine-tree division line, which symbolises the local forests, and the division line is placed high on the shield as a canting element, the name means high-land.