. "Karis (Swedish pronunciation: [k\u0251\u02D0r\u026As]; Finnish: Karjaa, pronounced [\u02C8k\u0251rj\u0251\u02D0]) is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Eken\u00E4s and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg.It is located in the Finnish province of Southern Finland and is part of Uusimaa, one of the regions of Finland. The town had a population of 9,155 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 196.82 square kilometres (75.99 sq mi)."@en . .