Upernavik Kujalleq
Upernavik Kujalleq Søndre Upernavik | |
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![]() Upernavik Kujalleq | |
72°09′16″N 55°31′29″W / 72.15444°N 55.52472°W / 72.15444; -55.52472 | |
State | ![]() |
Constituent country | ![]() |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Founded | 1855 |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 201 |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
Postal code | 3962 Upernavik |
Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: Upernavik Kujatdleq), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Founded in 1855 as a trading station on Qeqertaq Island,[1] the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.[2]
![Sketch map of the Upernavik Archipelago on the Baffin Bay coast of northwestern Greenland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Upernavik-archipelago-baffin-bay.svg/700px-Upernavik-archipelago-baffin-bay.svg.png)
Upernavik Kujalleq is the only settlement on Qeqertaq Island, which is the second largest island of Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. It is located near Qugdlungut, the southernmost point of the island, and features a heliport,
Transport
On weekdays, Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport to Kangersuatsiaq and Upernavik.[3]
Population
The population of Upernavik Kujalleq has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.[4]
![Upernavik Kujalleq population dynamics](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Upernavik-Kujalleq-population-dynamics.png)
References
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- ^ Qaasuitsup Municipality Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ "Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ a b "Statistics Greenland". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-05-05.