Kapisillit

Kapisillit
Kapisillit

Location within Greenland

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
Constituent 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]

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 decreased by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[2]

Kapisillit population dynamics
Kapisillit population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland[2]

References

  1. Sermersooq Municipality (Danish)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Population in localities January 1.st by locality, age, gender and place of birth 1977-2010". Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  3. O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 94. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
  4. "Settlements". Nuuk Tourism. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  5. O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 154. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 12 July 2010.