VASA, a circle of the Russian province of Finland, which extends over 16,760 miles, comprehending six cities, 235 hamlets or farms, with 145,700 inhabitants. The capital is the town of the same name, on a bay in the Baltic Sea. It is well built, though chiefly with wooden houses, but has a handsome stone church. It contains 630 dwellings, with 2830 inhabitants, who make some leather, and export many deals, much pitch, and some little corn; but the harbour is nearly choked up with sand. Long. 21. 30. E. Lat. 63. 35. N.