Kangaamiut

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Kangaamiut
Kangaamiut (Greenland)
Kangaamiut
Kangaamiut
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 65°49′60″N 53°19′60″W / 65.83333, -53.33333
Country Kingdom of Denmark
Province Greenland
Municipality Maniitsoq
Population (2005)
 - Total 414

Kangaamiut is a settlement in West Greenland in the municipality of Maniitsoq. With a population of 414 (as of Jan. 2004), it is the biggest settlement (bygd) outside the municipal centres of Greenland.

It is located just north of Maniitsoq at 65°49′60″N, 53°19′60″W. It is also the location where the town of Sukkertoppen (Maniitsoq) originally lay when the colony was founded in 1755, until it moved in 1782 to its present location.

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