Narsarmijit

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Narsarmijit, also sometimes spelled Narsamiit and also known as Narsaq Kujalleq or by its Danish name Frederiksdal, is Greenland's southernmost settlement (Approximate location: 60°00′N, 44°39′W and is some 50 km from Kap Farvel, the southern tip of Greenland. Today's village dates from an 1824 Moravian mission that was named Frederiksdal to honor Danish King Fredrik VI. Narsarmijit belongs to the municipality of Nanortalik. Population is 125 (as of 2005).

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"Greenland and the Arctic". By Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott. Lonely Planet 2005. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.

Greenland in Figures 2005 Statistics Greenland. 3rd Edition, May 2005. ISSN 1604-7397