Karasjokⓘ (Northern Sami: Kárášjohka[ˈkʰaːraːʃˌjohka];[5] Kven: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka.
The 5,453-square-kilometre (2,105 sq mi) municipality is the second largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Karasjok is the 250th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,565. The municipality's population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]
A survey conducted on behalf of the Sami Language Council in the year 2000 showed that 94 percent of the population are Sami speakers.[8]
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^"Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^"Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^Cite error: The named reference sami name was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
^Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
^Sámi Ealáhus- ja Guorahallanguovddáš (2000). Undersøkelse av bruken av samisk språk(PDF) (in Norwegian). p. 15. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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