Siorapaluk

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Siorapaluk (Hiurapaluk in Inuktun) is a settlement in the Municipality of Qaanaaq, Greenland and is one of the world's northernmost settlements. While it is not the northernmost settlement of all, it is claimed that it is the northernmost 'naturally inhabited' settlement, arguing that the few settlements that are further north are uninhabited, military outposts, research stations, and the like. Population (January 2005) is 87. Approximate location is 77°47′N, 70°46′W. The population of Siorapaluk speak the Inuktun language of the Polar Inuit as well as Standard West Greenlandic.

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Statistics Greenland: Population Statistics Grønlands befolkning pr. 1. januar 2005 (23.02.2005). Del 2. Statistics Greenland. Only available in Danish and Greenlandic. Downloaded January 2006.
Gazetteer of Greenland Compiled by Per Ivar Haug. UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim, August 2005, ISBN 978-82-7113-114-2.