Karasjok
Karasjok, Kárášjohka, or Kaarasjoki is the administrative centre of Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along both sides of the Karasjohka river, just 12 kilometres west of the Norway-Finland border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,800 residents
- Description: village in Karasjok municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Karasjohka”, “Kárášjohka”, and “Kárášjohka - Karasjok”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karasjok Church and Old Karasjok Church.
Karasjok Church
Church
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karasjok Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Karasjok, which is on the Karasjohka river.
Old Karasjok Church
Church
Photo: RobertRSMN, CC BY 3.0.
Old Karasjok Church is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Karasjok, which is on the Karasjohka river, 12 kilometres west of the Norway-Finland border.
Karasjok
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Karasjok, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
69.47187° or 69° 28′ 19″ northLongitude
25.51114° or 25° 30′ 40″ eastPopulation
1,800Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)IATA airport code
QKKUnited Nations Location Code
NO KSJOpen location code
9GX7FGC6+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 434004710OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
779350Wikidata ID
Q5377085
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Karasjok” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kárášjohka (kapital sa munisipyo sa Noruwega)”
- Cebuano: “Kárášjohka”
- Chinese: “卡拉紹克”
- Chinese: “卡拉绍克”
- Danish: “Karasjok”
- Dutch: “Karasjok”
- Estonian: “Kárášjohka”
- Finnish: “Kaarasjoki”
- French: “Karasjok”
- Hungarian: “Karasjok”
- Inari Sami: “Kárášjuuhâ”
- Javanese: “Karasjok”
- Malay: “Karasjok”
- Northern Sami: “Kárášjoga márkan”
- Northern Sami: “Kárášjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karasjok”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karasjok”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Karasjok”
- Norwegian: “Karasjok”
- Romanian: “Kárášjohka”
- Romanian: “Karasjok”
- Russian: “Карасйок”
- Skolt Sami: “Karasjokk”
- Slovenian: “Kárášjohka”
- Slovenian: “Karasjok”
- Swedish: “Karasjok”
- Ukrainian: “Karasjok (селище)”
- Ukrainian: “Карасйок (селище)”
- Ukrainian: “Карасйок”
- Yue Chinese: “卡拉绍克”
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