Götaland (listen), Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gotland, Gautland, Geatland is one of three lands of Sweden consisting of ten provinces. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand, with the deep woods of Tiveden, Tylöskog and Kolmården marking the border.
Götaland once consisted of petty kingdoms, which its inhabitants called Gautar in Old Norse. It is generally agreed that these were the same as the Geatas, the people of the hero Beowulf in England's national epic by the same name. The region is also the traditional origin of the Goths.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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