Kapisillit
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 Kapisillit
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| Coordinates: 64°26′10″N 50°16′10″W / 64.43611°N 50.26944°WCoordinates: 64°26′10″N 50°16′10″W / 64.43611°N 50.26944°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Government[1] | |
| • Mayor | Morten Johnsen |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 86 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Postal code | 3900 Nuuk |
Kapisillit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. In 2010, the settlement had 86 inhabitants[2] Kapisillit means the salmon in the Greenlandic language.[3] The name refers to the fact that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.[4]
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[edit] Geography
Kapisillit is located 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[5] one of the tributary fjords of the 160 km (99.4 mi) long,[6] Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.[6]
[edit] Economy
The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.
[edit] Population
The population of Kapisillit has decreased by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Sermersooq Municipality (Danish)
- ^ a b c "Population in localities January 1.st by locality, age, gender and place of birth 1977-2010". Statistics Greenland. http://bank2.stat.gl/dialog/varval.asp?ma=BEEST4&ti=Population+in+localities+January+1%2Est+by+locality%2C+age%2C+gender+and+place+of+birth+1977%2D2010&path=../Database/Greenland/Population/Population%20in%20Greenland/&search=KAPISILLIT&lang=4. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. pp. 94. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ "Settlements". Nuuk Tourism. http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=248. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. pp. 154. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ a b "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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