Karijoki

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Karijoki
Bötom
Municipality
Karijoen kunta
Bötoms kommun
Botoms centrum, sommaren 1990.jpg
Karijoki in 1990
Karijoki.vaakuna.svg
Coat of arms
Karijoki sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Karijoki in Finland
Coordinates: 62°18.5′N021°42.5′E / 62.3083°N 21.7083°E / 62.3083; 21.7083
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region South Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Suupohja
Government
 • Municipal managerMarko Keski-Sikkilä
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total
186.54 km2 (72.02 sq mi)
 • Land185.58 km2 (71.65 sq mi)
 • Water0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
 • Rank 267th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31) [2]
 • Total
1,160
 • Rank 287th largest in Finland
 • Density6.25/km2 (16.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 •  Finnish 96% (official)
 •  Swedish 1.7%
 • Others2.3%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1411.4%
 • 15 to 6452.4%
 • 65 or older36.3%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.karijoki.fi

Karijoki (Finnish: [ˈkɑriˌjoki] ; Swedish : Bötom) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is 1,160 (October 31, 2024), [2] which makes it the smallest municipality in South Ostrobothnia in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 185.58 km2 (71.65 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018). [1] The population density is 6.25/km2 (16.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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A proposed neanderthal cave, Susiluola, was found in the Pyhävuori mountains in Karijoki in 1997.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland . Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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