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Jokkmokk Municipality (Kommun)

Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Jokkmokk coat of arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Jokkmokk
	66° 37´ N 19° 50´ E
	County	Norrbotten County
	Province	Lappland
	Area Rank	17,735 km² 2nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	5,599 273rd of 290
	Population density	0.3/km²

Jokkmokk Municipality is a Swedish municipality in northern Sweden where the town Jokkmokk is seat with 3,200 inhabitants. The name is Sami language for the words "river" and "creek", because the town is situated in a river creek.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Other attractions 4 Municipal towns 5 See also 6 External links

The municipality has an area of 17,735km² (slightly larger than Hawaii), and is with that Sweden's second largest. It is situated in the Scandinavian mountain range in the Swedish Lapland and is sparsely populated. A large part of the area has been the habitat of reindeer herding Sami people for thousands of years and has for that reason been protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under the name Laponian area. The largely untouched nature is popular with outdoorsy people.

The name Jokkmokk is present in the Jokkmokk Lapland Court District, a historical jurisdiction. When the municipality was given its current borders in 1971, it municipal arms were made to depicts the hydro plants, the key of Luleå (to which Jokkmokk belonged until 1673), and the typical Sami people hammers.

Jokkmokk is known for its Sami market held the first weekend every February. This market has been held for 400 consecutive years and celebrated that fact in 2005. Jokkmokk is also home to two of the most well-known national parks in Sweden - Sarek and Padjelanta. Apart from these national parks it also has widespread areas of largely untouched wilderness.

Population figures from 2000

• Jokkmokk 3,201
• Vuollerim 841
• Porjus 325

• List of areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km²

• Jokkmokk - Official site
• Tourist information
• Jokkmokk.biz - Local community blog with articles, news, photos and event guides.
• Vuollerim - Official website of the town Vuollerim, 46 kilometers southeast of Jokkmokk.
• Porjus - Official website of the town Porjus (called "The gate to Laponia", 43 kilometers north of Jokkmokk.

Municipalities of Norrbotten County

Älvsbyn | Arjeplog | Arvidsjaur | Boden | Gällivare | Haparanda | Jokkmokk | Kalix | Kiruna | Luleå | Överkalix | Övertorneå | Pajala | Piteå

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