Kapisillit
Kapisillit | |
|---|---|
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Sermersooq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Morten Johnsen |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 63 |
| 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 belief that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.[4]
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]
Economy
The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.
Population
The population of Kapisillit has declined by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[2]
References
- ^ Sermersooq Municipality Template:Da icon
- ^ a b c "Population in localities January 1.st by locality, age, gender and place of birth 1977-2010". Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 12 July 2010. Cite error: The named reference "statbank" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 94. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ "Settlements". Nuuk Tourism. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 154. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ a b "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
