Karungi Explained

Official Name:Karungi
Pushpin Map:Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Haparanda Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Norrbotten County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Norrbotten
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.23
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:232
Population Density Km2:188
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:66.05°N 80°W

Karungi (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈkǎrːɵŋɡɪ/)[2] is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 232 inhabitants in 2010. The language most spoken in the village is Meänkieli, which the first of April 2000 officially was declared as a minority language in Sweden.

Karungi is located at the Torne river where the border to Finland goes. On the Finnish side of the river, opposite to Karungi, the village Karunki (pop 483) is located. There is no bridge, but crossing the river is done by boat or on the ice. These two villages have a common history since before the national border was drawn in the river, through the village, in 1809.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 13.