#autonomous region
- Ahvenanmaa — The Finnish language name for the autonomous island region of Åland, an archipelago consisting of thousands of islands located at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. Although sovereignly belonging to Finland, the region enjoys a special structural status established by international treaties, being fully demilitarized, neutral, and having Swedish as its sole official language.
- Self-administered — Having been administered by oneself; said of a medical treatment, substance, or vaccine injected or ingested directly by the patient, without professional assistance. In an institutional or territorial context, it denotes an entity, region, association, or community that leads and manages itself, possessing structural autonomy.