Karasjok

Karasjok is a town in in . It is the capital of the Sami people in Norway, and home to the Sámediggi, the Sami parliament.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Karasjok Church and Old Karasjok Church.

Church
is a of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in county, . It is located in the , which is on the river.

Church
is a former of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in county, . It is located in the , which is on the river, 12 kilometres west of the Norway-Finland border.

Karasjok

Latitude
69.4722° or 69° 28′ 20″ north
Longitude
25.5189° or 25° 31′ 8″ east
Population
2,630
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
Open location code
9GX7FGC9+VG
Geo­Names ID
779349
Wiki­data ID
Q1825
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Karasjok” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Karasjok
  • Arabic: كاراشوك
  • Armenian: Կարասիոկ
  • Asturian: conceyu de Karasjok (Noruega)
  • Asturian: Karasjok kommune
  • Asturian: Karasjok
  • Basque: Karasjok
  • Bishnupriya: কারাসজোহকা কারাসজোক
  • Bulgarian: Карашьок
  • Catalan: Kárášjohka
  • Catalan: Karasjok
  • Cebuano: Karasjok
  • Chinese: Karasjok
  • Chinese: 卡拉绍克
  • Czech: Karasjok
  • Danish: Karasjok Kommune
  • Danish: Karasjok
  • Dutch: Karasjok
  • Esperanto: Karasjok
  • Estonian: Kárášjohka vald
  • Finnish: Kaarasjoki
  • French: Karasjok
  • German: Gemeinde Karasjok
  • German: Karasjok
  • Hungarian: Kaarasjoki
  • Hungarian: Kárášjohka
  • Hungarian: Karasjok
  • Inari Sami: Kárášjuuhâ
  • Inari Sami: Kárášjuuvâ kieldâ
  • Inari Sami: Kárášjuv kieldâ
  • Irish: Karasjok
  • Italian: Karasjok
  • Japanese: カラショーク
  • Javanese: Karasjok
  • Kalaallisut: Kaarasjoki
  • Komi: Карашйохка
  • Korean: 카라쇼크
  • Latin: Karasjok
  • Limburgan: Karasjok
  • Low German: Kommun Karasjok
  • Malay: Karasjok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Karasjok
  • Northern Sami: Kárášjoga gielda
  • Northern Sami: Kárášjohka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karasjok kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karasjok
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Karasjok kommune
  • Norwegian: Karasjok
  • Occitan (post 1500): Karasjok
  • Persian: کاراشوک
  • Polish: Karasjok
  • Portuguese: Karasjok
  • Romanian: Comuna Karasjok
  • Russian: Карасйок
  • Skolt Sami: Karasjokk
  • Skolt Sami: Karasjooǥǥ kåʹdd
  • Slovenian: Karasjok
  • Southern Sami: Karasjohke
  • Spanish: Karasjok
  • Swahili: Karasjok
  • Swedish: Karasjoks kommun
  • Turkish: Karasjok
  • Ukrainian: Karasjok (комуна)
  • Ukrainian: Карасйок
  • Ukrainian: Карасьйок (комуна)
  • Ukrainian: Карасьйок
  • Vietnamese: Karasjok
  • Waray (Philippines): Karasjok

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Karasjok”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.