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Karijoki

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Country
  
Finland

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
www.karijoki.fi

Region
  
Southern Ostrobothnia

Sub-region
  
Suupohja sub-region

Municipal tax rate
  
20%

Local time
  
Friday 2:09 PM

Karijoki

Area rank
  
267th largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 91% Humidity

Karijoki (Swedish: Bötom) is a municipality of Finland.

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Map of 64350 Karijoki, Finland

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is 1,363 (March 31, 2016) and the municipality covers an area of 185.77 km2 (71.73 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2016). The population density is 7.34/km2 (19.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

Villages

Alakylä, Karijoen kirkonkylä, Myrkky and Ylikylä.

Notable individuals

  • Aarne Ahola, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross No. 71
  • Antti Rajamäki, former sprinter
  • Erkki Rankaviita, folk musician
  • Knut Sonck, dean
  • Paul Norrback, accordionist and composer
  • Pentti Lund. ice hockey player
  • Susanna Rajamäki, athlete
  • References

    Karijoki Wikipedia