{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=geo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Karijoki | official_name = {{lang|fi|Karijoen kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Bötoms kommun}} | other_name = Bötom | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Bötoms centrum, sommaren 1990.jpg | image_caption = Karijoki in 1990 | image_shield = Karijoki.vaakuna.svg | shield_size = 120x80px | image_map = Karijoki sijainti Suomi.svg | map_caption = Location of Karijoki in Finland | coordinates = {{coord|62|18.5|N|021|42.5|E|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = town |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = South Ostrobothnia | subdivision_type2 = Sub-region | subdivision_name2 = Suupohja | leader_title = Municipal manager | leader_name = Marko Keski-Sikkilä |area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Karijoki}} |area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Karijoki}} |area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Karijoki}} |area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Karijoki}} |area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Karijoki}} |population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Karijoki}} |population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Karijoki}} |population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Karijoki}} |population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Karijoki}} |population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Karijoki}} |demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Karijoki}} |demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Karijoki}} |demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Karijoki}} |demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Karijoki}} |demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Karijoki}} |demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Karijoki}} |demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Karijoki}} |demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Karijoki}} |demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Karijoki}} |demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Karijoki}} |demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Karijoki}} |demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Karijoki}} |demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Karijoki}} |demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Karijoki}} |demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Karijoki}} |demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Karijoki}} |demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Karijoki}} |demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Karijoki}} |blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Karijoki}} |blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Karijoki}} |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +02:00 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +03:00 | website = [http://www.karijoki.fi/ www.karijoki.fi] }} '''Karijoki''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈkɑriˌjoki|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Bötom}}) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Karijoki}}}} ({{#time: F j, Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}),<ref name="population_count" /> which makes it the smallest municipality in South Ostrobothnia in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/land area|Karijoki}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/inland waters area|Karijoki}}|km2|abbr=on}} is inland water ({{#time: F j, Y|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|sourcedate}} }}).<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Karijoki|round=2}}|PD/km2|abbr=on}}. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
A proposed neanderthal cave, Susiluola, was found in the Pyhävuori mountains in Karijoki in 1997.
== Villages == * Alakylä * Karijoen kirkonkylä * Myrkky * Ylikylä
== Demographics == {{Historical populations|1950|3378|1960|2998|1970|2377|1980|2038|1990|1982|2000|1760|2010|1521|2020|1207|source=Doria<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/69272/vaelC102_1_1950.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=1950 POPULATION CENSUS VOLUME I - POPULATION, NUMBER, AGE AND LANGUAGE|publisher=Doria}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/94351/xvael_c_196000_1963_dig_2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=GENERAL CENSUS OF POPULATION 1960 - II - POPULATION BY AGE, MARITAL STATUS, MAIN LANGUAGE, ETC.|publisher=Doria}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/95769/xvael_c_197000_1973_dig_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Population census 1970 - Volume I|publisher=Doria}}</ref>, Statistics Finland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11re.px/table/tableViewLayout1/|title=Population 31.12. by Area, Age, Sex, Year and Information. PxWeb|publisher=Statistics Finland}}</ref>|align=none|cols=1}}
== Notable people == {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2024}} *Antti Rajamäki, former sprinter * Pentti Lund. ice hockey player * Susanna Rajamäki, athlete
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} {{Wikivoyage-inline}} *[http://www.karijoki.fi/ Karijoen kunta] – The official website of the municipality
{{Geographic location | Centre = Karijoki | N = Teuva | E = Kauhajoki | S = Isojoki | W = Kristinestad (Ostrobothnia) }} {{SouthernOstrobothnia}} {{Smallest Finnish municipalities by region}}
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Category:Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia {{WesternFinland-geo-stub}}