Nutaarmiut
Nutaarmiut | |
|---|---|
 Nutaarmiut | |
  Nutaarmiut Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 73°31′8″N 56°25′35″W / 73.51889°N 56.42639°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 43 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3962 Upernavik |
Nutaarmiut (old spelling: Nutârmiut) is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It had 43 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
Upernavik Archipelago
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Nutaarmiut is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. Nutaarmiut Island has an area of 1.51 km2.
Infrastructure
[edit]The village is equipped with a Decent sized school and a small church. Nutaarmiut Atuarfia, the local school, can accommodate students ranging from 1st to 7th grade.
Population
[edit]The population of Nutaarmiut has decreased by over a 40 percent relative to the 1990 levels, and has been steadily decreasing in the 2000s.[2] The main sources of income are fishing and seal hunting.
References
[edit]- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
