Karesuando

Karesuando is the northernmost village in , in the municipality of . Across the Muoniojoki river is the Finnish half of the village, .
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  • Village with about 270 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 330 metres (1,070 feet)
  • Description: urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden
  • Postal code: 980 16
  • Also known as
    “Gárasavvon”
    “Kaaresuvanto”
    “Karesuanto”
    “Karesuvanto”
  • Established: <1885

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karesuando Church.
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The is a wooden church building in Karesuando, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karesuvanto.
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is a village in in .

Karesuando

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Latitude
68.4405° or 68° 26′ 26″ north
Longitude
22.4743° or 22° 28′ 28″ east
Open location code
9GW4CFRF+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 112229670
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
605314
Wiki­data ID
Q137860

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Tumbuka—“Karesuando” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Karesuvanto”
  • Catalan: “Karesuando”
  • Chinese: “卡雷苏安多”
  • Danish: “Karesuando”
  • Dutch: “Karesuando”
  • Esperanto: “Karesuando”
  • Finnish: “Gárasavvon”
  • Finnish: “Kaaresuvanto”
  • Finnish: “Karesuando”
  • Finnish: “Karesuanto”
  • Finnish: “Karesuvanto”
  • French: “Karesuando”
  • German: “Karesuando”
  • Hebrew: “קרסואנדו”
  • Irish: “Karesuando”
  • Italian: “Karesuando”
  • Japanese: “カレスアンド”
  • Ladin: “Karesuando”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karesuando”
  • Northern Sami: “Gárasavvon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karesuando”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karesuando”
  • Norwegian: “Karesuando”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Karesuando”
  • Persian: “کارسواندو”
  • Polish: “Karesuando”
  • Portuguese: “Karesuando”
  • Russian: “Каресуандо”
  • Slovenian: “Karesuando”
  • Spanish: “Karesuando”
  • Swedish: “Karesuando”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Karesuanto”
  • Tumbuka: “Karesuando”

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