Enontekio, in the Finnish part of Lapland, is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland’s highest point, the Halti fell with a height of 1,324 metres (4,344 ft) above the sea level, lies in the north of Enontekiö, in the Scandinavian Mountains. About one fifth of the community’s population are Sami people.