Karijoki
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Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Karijoki (Swedish: Bötom) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and the municipality covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is inland water (Error: Invalid time.).[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
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
External links
Media related to Karijoki at Wikimedia Commons
- Karijoen kunta – The official website of the municipality
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