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| population_total = 17,796<ref name="stat2018">{{cite book |title=Population in Greenland |url=http://citypopulation.de/Greenland.html |publisher=CITYPOPULATION |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> ([[List of cities and towns in Greenland|Largest in Greenland]]) |
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'''Nuuk''' ({{IPA-kl|nuːk}}, {{IPA-da|ˈnuːɡ|lang}}; {{lang-da|Godthåb}})<ref>The [[Danish orthography|pre-1948 spelling]] was ''Godthaab''.</ref> is the [[capital (political)|capital]] and [[List of cities and towns in Greenland|largest city]] of [[Greenland |
'''Nuuk''' ({{IPA-kl|nuːk}}, {{IPA-da|ˈnuːɡ|lang}}; {{lang-da|Godthåb}})<ref>The [[Danish orthography|pre-1948 spelling]] was ''Godthaab''.</ref> is the [[capital (political)|capital]] and [[List of cities and towns in Greenland|largest city]] of [[Greenland]]. It is the seat of [[Government of Greenland|government]] and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities closest to the capital are [[Iqaluit]] and [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] in [[Canada]] and [[Reykjavík]] in [[Iceland]]. Nuuk contains almost a third of Greenland's population and its tallest building. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the [[Sermersooq]] [[municipalities of Greenland|municipality]]. In January 2018, it had a population of 17,796.<ref name="stat2018" /> |
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The city was founded in 1728 by the Dano-Norwegian governor [[Claus Paarss]] when he relocated [[Hans Egede]]'s earlier Hope Colony ({{lang|da|Haabets Koloni}}) to the mainland, and was named '''Godthåb''' ("Good Hope"). The city officially adopted its current name in 1979, although the name "Godthåb" remained in use in Danish. "Nuuk" is the [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] word for "[[headland|cape]]" ({{lang-da|næs}}). It is so named because of its position at the end of the [[Nuup Kangerlua]] [[fjord]] on the eastern shore of the [[Labrador Sea]]. Its [[latitude]], at 64°10' N, makes it the world's [[List of northernmost items|northernmost]] [[List of national capitals by latitude|capital]], only a few kilometres farther north than the Icelandic capital [[Reykjavík]]. |
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The campus of the [[University of Greenland]], hosting [[Statistics Greenland]], and the main holdings of the [[Public and National Library of Greenland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilimmarfik.gl/ |publisher=University of Greenland, Ilimmarfik |title=Velkommen til Ilimmarfik |accessdate=11 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711000826/http://www.ilimmarfik.gl/ |archivedate=11 July 2010}}</ref> are at the northern end of the district, near the road to the [[Nuuk Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/OmIlisimatusarfik/Kontakt/tabid/61/language/da-DK/Default.aspx |publisher=University of Greenland |title=Kontakt |accessdate=11 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712072746/http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/OmIlisimatusarfik/Kontakt/tabid/61/language/da-DK/Default.aspx |archivedate=12 July 2010}}</ref> |
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Nuuk receives its electric power mainly from the renewable energy-powered [[Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant]] by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing [[Ameralik Span|Ameralik fjord]] over a distance of {{cvt|5376|m}}, the world's longest free span.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://northof56.com/energy/article/greenland-hydro-capacity-increases-with-new-plant |title=Greenland hydro capacity increases with new plant |publisher=North of 56 |date=20 August 2013 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |
Nuuk receives its electric power mainly from the renewable energy-powered [[Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant]] by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing [[Ameralik Span|Ameralik fjord]] over a distance of {{cvt|5376|m}}, the world's longest free span.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://northof56.com/energy/article/greenland-hydro-capacity-increases-with-new-plant |title=Greenland hydro capacity increases with new plant |publisher=North of 56 |date=20 August 2013 |accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arcticbusinessnetwork.blogspot.lu/2014/02/buksefjorden.html |title=Buksefjorden: Grønlands første vandkraftværk satte verdensrekord |publisher=Arctic Business Network |date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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The site has a long history of habitation. The area around Nuuk was first occupied by the ancient pre-Inuit, [[Paleo-Eskimo]] people of the [[Saqqaq culture]] as far back as 2200 BC when they lived in the area around the now abandoned settlement of [[Qoornoq]].<ref name="NT">{{cite web|url=http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=247|title=Human history|publisher=Nuuk Tourism|accessdate=12 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615005035/http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=247#|archive-date=15 June 2010|dead-url=yes |
The site has a long history of habitation. The area around Nuuk was first occupied by the ancient pre-Inuit, [[Paleo-Eskimo]] people of the [[Saqqaq culture]] as far back as 2200 BC when they lived in the area around the now abandoned settlement of [[Qoornoq]].<ref name="NT">{{cite web |url=http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=247 |title=Human history |publisher=Nuuk Tourism |accessdate=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615005035/http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=247# |archive-date=15 June 2010 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> For a long time, it was occupied by the [[Dorset culture]] around the former settlement of [[Kangeq]] but they disappeared from the Nuuk district before AD 1000. The Nuuk area was later inhabited by [[Vikings|Viking]] explorers in the 10th century ([[Western Settlement]]), and shortly thereafter by [[Inuit]] peoples.<ref name="EB">{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/422941/Nuuk |title=Nuuk |work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> Inuit and Norsemen both lived with little interaction in this area from about 1000 until the disappearance of the [[Norsemen|Norse]] settlement [[History of Greenland#Norse settlement|for uncertain reasons]] during the 15th century. |
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[[File:Egede nuuk.JPG|thumb|left|The statue of Hans Egede in Nuuk.]] |
[[File:Egede nuuk.JPG|thumb|left|The statue of Hans Egede in Nuuk.]] |
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The city proper was founded as the fort of '''Godt-Haab''' in 1728 by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]], when he relocated the missionary and merchant [[Hans Egede]]'s earlier Hope Colony ( |
The city proper was founded as the fort of '''Godt-Haab''' in 1728 by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]], when he relocated the missionary and merchant [[Hans Egede]]'s earlier Hope Colony ({{lang|da|Haabets Koloni}}) from [[Kangeq Island]] to the mainland. At that time, Greenland was formally still a Danish colony under the united [[list of monarchs of Norway|Dano-Norwegian Crown]], but the colony had not had any contact for over three centuries. Paarss's colonists consisted of mutinous soldiers, convicts, and prostitutes and most died within the first year of scurvy and other ailments. In 1733 and 1734, a [[smallpox]] epidemic killed most of the native population as well as Egede's wife.<ref name="Wurm">{{cite book |last1=Wurm |first1=Stephen A. |last2=Mühlhäusler |first2=Peter |last3=Tyron |first3=Darrell T. |title=Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glU0vte5gSkC&pg=PA1051&dq=1733+smallpox+nuuk#v=onepage&q=1733%20smallpox%20nuuk&f=false |series=Volume 2, Part 1 Volume 13 of Trends in Linguistics |year=1996 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-013417-9 |page=1051}}</ref> Hans Egede went back to Denmark in 1736 after 15 years in Greenland, leaving his son [[Paul Egede|Poul]] to continue his work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/northamerica/greenland/nuuk |title=Nuuk travel guide |access-date=24 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412061523/http://www.world66.com/northamerica/greenland/nuuk |archive-date=12 April 2009 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> Godthaab became the seat of government for the Danish colony of [[South Greenland]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Scandinavian Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_s5AQAAIAAJ |year=1921 |publisher=American-Scandinavian Foundation. |page=681}}</ref> while [[Godhavn]] (modern Qeqertarsuaq) was the capital of [[North Greenland]] until 1940 when the administration was unified in Godthaab.<ref name="Lemkin2008">{{cite book |last=Lemkin |first=Raphael |title=Axis Rule in Occupied Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0in2wOY-W0C&pg=PA167 |date=1 June 2008 |publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. |isbn=978-1-58477-901-8 |page=167}}</ref> |
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In 1733, [[Moravian mission in Greenland|Moravian missionaries]] received permission to begin a mission on the island; in 1747, there were enough converts to prompt the construction of the [[Moravian Brethren Mission House]] and the formal establishment of the mission as '''New Herrnhut''' ({{lang-da|Nye-Hernhut}}). This became the nucleus for present-day Nuuk as many Greenlanders from the southeastern coast left their territory to live at the mission station. From this base, further missions were established at [[Lichtenfels, Greenland|Lichtenfels]] (1748), [[Lichtenau, Greenland|Lichtenau]] (1774), [[Friedrichsthal, Greenland|Friedrichsthal]] (1824), [[Umanak (mission)|Umanak]] (1861), and [[Idlorpait]] (1864),<ref>Lüdecke, Cornelia. "[http://www.meteohistory.org/2005historyofmeteorology2/09luedecke.pdf East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century]". ''History of Meteorology'' 2 (2005). |
In 1733, [[Moravian mission in Greenland|Moravian missionaries]] received permission to begin a mission on the island; in 1747, there were enough converts to prompt the construction of the [[Moravian Brethren Mission House]] and the formal establishment of the mission as '''New Herrnhut''' ({{lang-da|Nye-Hernhut}}). This became the nucleus for present-day Nuuk as many Greenlanders from the southeastern coast left their territory to live at the mission station. From this base, further missions were established at [[Lichtenfels, Greenland|Lichtenfels]] (1748), [[Lichtenau, Greenland|Lichtenau]] (1774), [[Friedrichsthal, Greenland|Friedrichsthal]] (1824), [[Umanak (mission)|Umanak]] (1861), and [[Idlorpait]] (1864),<ref>Lüdecke, Cornelia. "[http://www.meteohistory.org/2005historyofmeteorology2/09luedecke.pdf East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century]". ''History of Meteorology'' 2 (2005). Retrieved 27 April 2012.</ref> before they were discontinued in 1900 and folded into the Lutheran [[Church of Denmark]].<ref>Wittman, P. "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06777b.htm Greenland]". ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1909. Retrieved 28 April 2012.</ref> |
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[[File:Legende børn, ca. 1878 (8473597948).jpg|thumb|left|Nuuk, c. 1878]] |
[[File:Legende børn, ca. 1878 (8473597948).jpg|thumb|left|Nuuk, c. 1878]] |
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Around 1850, Greenland, and especially the area around Nuuk, were in crisis. The Europeans had brought diseases and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders were living in poverty. In 1853, [[Hinrich Johannes Rink]] came to Greenland and perceived the Greenlanders had lost much of their culture and identity under Danish influence. In response, in 1861, he started the ''[[Atuagagdliutt]]'', Greenland's first newspaper, with a native Greenlander as editor. This newspaper based in Nuuk later became significant for the Greenlandic identity. |
Around 1850, Greenland, and especially the area around Nuuk, were in crisis. The Europeans had brought diseases and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders were living in poverty. In 1853, [[Hinrich Johannes Rink]] came to Greenland and perceived the Greenlanders had lost much of their culture and identity under Danish influence. In response, in 1861, he started the ''[[Atuagagdliutt]]'', Greenland's first newspaper, with a native Greenlander as editor. This newspaper based in Nuuk later became significant for the Greenlandic identity. |
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During [[World War II]], there was a reawakening to Greenlandic national identity. Greenlanders shared a written language and assembled a council under [[Eske Brun]]'s leadership in Nuuk. In 1940, an American and a Canadian Consulate were established in Nuuk. Under new regulations in 1950, two councils amalgamated into one. This Countryside Council was abolished on 1 May 1979, when the city of Godthåb was renamed Nuuk by the Greenland Home Rule government. The city boomed during the 1950s when [[Denmark]] began to modernise Greenland. As in Greenland as a whole, Nuuk is populated today by both Inuit and [[Danish people|Danes]]. Over a third of Greenland's total population lives in the Nuuk Greater Metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web|url= |
During [[World War II]], there was a reawakening to Greenlandic national identity. Greenlanders shared a written language and assembled a council under [[Eske Brun]]'s leadership in Nuuk. In 1940, an American and a Canadian Consulate were established in Nuuk. Under new regulations in 1950, two councils amalgamated into one. This Countryside Council was abolished on 1 May 1979, when the city of Godthåb was renamed Nuuk by the Greenland Home Rule government. The city boomed during the 1950s when [[Denmark]] began to modernise Greenland. As in Greenland as a whole, Nuuk is populated today by both Inuit and [[Danish people|Danes]]. Over a third of Greenland's total population lives in the Nuuk Greater Metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html |title=CIA World Factbook – Greenland}}</ref> |
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An article examining indigenous influences on cities worldwide<ref name=daley16>{{cite news |last1=Daley |first1=Paul |title=Which is the world's most indigenous city? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/29/which-worlds-most-indigenous-city |accessdate=29 June 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 June 2016}}</ref> suggested, |
An article examining indigenous influences on cities worldwide<ref name="daley16">{{cite news |last1=Daley |first1=Paul |title=Which is the world's most indigenous city? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/29/which-worlds-most-indigenous-city |accessdate=29 June 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=29 June 2016}}</ref> suggested, |
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⚫ | {{quote|One city... stands out. Nuuk... has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements. Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.<ref name="daley16" /> |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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{{double image|left|Godthaabsfjord.jpg|200|Nuukair.jpg|200|Left: Satellite view. Right: Aerial view of Nuuk}} |
{{double image|left|Godthaabsfjord.jpg|200|Nuukair.jpg|200|Left: Satellite view. Right: Aerial view of Nuuk}} |
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Nuuk is located at approximately {{Coord|64|10|N|51|44|W}}<ref name="kommune_information">[http://www.kanukoka.gl/data/10801/Kommuneoplysninger.pdf Municipality information.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616062531/http://www.kanukoka.gl/data/10801/Kommuneoplysninger.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} ''De grønlandske kommuners Landsforening'', KANUKOKA</ref> at the mouth of Nuup Kangerlua (formerly Baal's River<ref>Nicoll, James. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=rGUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA242 An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands]''. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.</ref>), some {{cvt|10|km|mi}} from the shores of the [[Labrador Sea]] on the southwestern coast of Greenland, and about {{cvt|240|km|mi}} south of the [[Arctic Circle]]. Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at {{coord|64|43|N|50|37|W}}, splitting into three arms in its lower run, with three big islands in between the arms: [[Sermitsiaq Island]], [[Qeqertarsuaq Island (Nuuk)|Qeqertarsuaq Island]], and [[Qoornuup Qeqertarsua]].<ref name="lp">{{cite book |last=O'Carroll |first=Etain |title=Greenland and the Arctic |publisher=Lonely Planet |pages=154 |year=2005 |isbn=1-74059-095- |
Nuuk is located at approximately {{Coord|64|10|N|51|44|W}}<ref name="kommune_information">[http://www.kanukoka.gl/data/10801/Kommuneoplysninger.pdf Municipality information.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616062531/http://www.kanukoka.gl/data/10801/Kommuneoplysninger.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} ''De grønlandske kommuners Landsforening'', KANUKOKA</ref> at the mouth of Nuup Kangerlua (formerly Baal's River<ref>Nicoll, James. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=rGUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA242 An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands]''. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.</ref>), some {{cvt|10|km|mi}} from the shores of the [[Labrador Sea]] on the southwestern coast of Greenland, and about {{cvt|240|km|mi}} south of the [[Arctic Circle]]. Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at {{coord|64|43|N|50|37|W}}, splitting into three arms in its lower run, with three big islands in between the arms: [[Sermitsiaq Island]], [[Qeqertarsuaq Island (Nuuk)|Qeqertarsuaq Island]], and [[Qoornuup Qeqertarsua]].<ref name="lp">{{cite book |last=O'Carroll |first=Etain |title=Greenland and the Arctic |publisher=Lonely Planet |pages=154 |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-74059-095-2}}</ref> The fjord widens into a bay dotted with [[Skerry|skerries]] near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately {{coord|64|03|N|51|58|W}}. Some {{cvt|20|km}} to the northeast, reaching a height of {{cvt|1210|m}}, [[Sermitsiaq (mountain)|Sermitsiaq]] can be seen from almost everywhere in Nuuk. The mountain has given its name to the nationwide newspaper ''[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]]''. Closer to the town are the peaks of [[Store Malene]], {{cvt|790|m}}, and [[Lille Malene]], {{cvt|420|m}}.<ref name="dsd" /> The [[magnetic declination]] at Nuuk is extreme.<ref name="magnetic_variation">On 11 October 2015, the [[magnetic declination]] between the [[North Pole]] and Nuuk was "27° 49' W ± 0° 33' changing by 0° 22' E per year", calculated with [[NOAA]]'s [http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/ Magnetic Field Calculators], [[National Geophysical Data Center]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magnetic-declination.com/Greenland/Nuuk/938297.html |title=Magnetic declination in Nuuk, Greenland |publisher=Magnetic Declination |accessdate=22 December 2015}}</ref> |
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== Climate == |
== Climate == |
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Nuuk has a maritime-influenced [[tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''ET'') with cold, long, snowy winters and cool, short summers. On 22 December, the shortest day and longest night of the year, the sun rises at 10:30 A.M. and sets at 2:20 |
Nuuk has a maritime-influenced [[tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''ET'') with cold, long, snowy winters and cool, short summers. On 22 December, the shortest day and longest night of the year, the sun rises at 10:30 A.M. and sets at 2:20 pm. By contrast, on the longest day and shortest night of the year, 21 June, the sun rises at 3:00 A.M. and does not set until 12:00 am. Nuuk can have mild temperatures on brief occasions year round, with each month having recorded {{convert|13|C|F}} or warmer. The monthly averages range from {{convert|-7.5|C|F}} to {{convert|8|C|F}}, whereas all-time extremes range from {{convert|-32.5|C|F}} to {{convert|26.3|C|F}}. |
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|location = Nuuk (1981–2010) |
| location = Nuuk (1981–2010) |
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|Jan record high C = 13.5 |
| Jan record high C = 13.5 |
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|Feb record high C = 13.0 |
| Feb record high C = 13.0 |
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|Mar record high C = 14.8 |
| Mar record high C = 14.8 |
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|Apr record high C = 13.0 |
| Apr record high C = 13.0 |
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|May record high C = 18.3 |
| May record high C = 18.3 |
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|Jun record high C = 24.0 |
| Jun record high C = 24.0 |
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|Jul record high C = 26.3 |
| Jul record high C = 26.3 |
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|Aug record high C = 22.0 |
| Aug record high C = 22.0 |
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|Sep record high C = 22.8 |
| Sep record high C = 22.8 |
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|Oct record high C = 18.9 |
| Oct record high C = 18.9 |
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|Nov record high C = 15.8 |
| Nov record high C = 15.8 |
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|Dec record high C = 13.2 |
| Dec record high C = 13.2 |
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|year record high C = 26.3 |
| year record high C = 26.3 |
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|Jan high C = −5.5 |
| Jan high C = −5.5 |
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|Feb high C = −5.8 |
| Feb high C = −5.8 |
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|Mar high C = −4.9 |
| Mar high C = −4.9 |
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|Apr high C = −0.9 |
| Apr high C = −0.9 |
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|May high C = 3.9 |
| May high C = 3.9 |
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|Jun high C = 8.5 |
| Jun high C = 8.5 |
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|Jul high C = 11.2 |
| Jul high C = 11.2 |
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|Aug high C = 10.1 |
| Aug high C = 10.1 |
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|Sep high C = 6.5 |
| Sep high C = 6.5 |
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|Oct high C = 2.0 |
| Oct high C = 2.0 |
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|Nov high C = −1.4 |
| Nov high C = −1.4 |
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|Dec high C = −3.1 |
| Dec high C = −3.1 |
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|year high C = 1.4 |
| year high C = 1.4 |
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|Jan mean C = -7.5 |
| Jan mean C = -7.5 |
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|Feb mean C = -7.5 |
| Feb mean C = -7.5 |
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|Mar mean C = -7.4 |
| Mar mean C = -7.4 |
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|Apr mean C = -2.5 |
| Apr mean C = -2.5 |
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|May mean C = 1.8 |
| May mean C = 1.8 |
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|Jun mean C = 5.4 |
| Jun mean C = 5.4 |
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|Jul mean C = 8.0 |
| Jul mean C = 8.0 |
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|Aug mean C = 7.6 |
| Aug mean C = 7.6 |
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|Sep mean C = 4.5 |
| Sep mean C = 4.5 |
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|Oct mean C = 0.6 |
| Oct mean C = 0.6 |
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|Nov mean C = -3.2 |
| Nov mean C = -3.2 |
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|Dec mean C = -4.7 |
| Dec mean C = -4.7 |
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|year mean C = -0.5 |
| year mean C = -0.5 |
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|Jan low C = −10.5 |
| Jan low C = −10.5 |
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|Feb low C = −11.1 |
| Feb low C = −11.1 |
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|Mar low C = −10.3 |
| Mar low C = −10.3 |
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|Apr low C = −5.0 |
| Apr low C = −5.0 |
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|May low C = −1.0 |
| May low C = −1.0 |
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|Jun low C = 2.1 |
| Jun low C = 2.1 |
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|Jul low C = 4.2 |
| Jul low C = 4.2 |
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|Aug low C = 4.5 |
| Aug low C = 4.5 |
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|Sep low C = 2.3 |
| Sep low C = 2.3 |
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|Oct low C = −1.4 |
| Oct low C = −1.4 |
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|Nov low C = −5.3 |
| Nov low C = −5.3 |
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|Dec low C = −7.6 |
| Dec low C = −7.6 |
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|year low C = −2.5 |
| year low C = −2.5 |
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|Jan record low C = -32.5 |
| Jan record low C = -32.5 |
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|Feb record low C = -29.6 |
| Feb record low C = -29.6 |
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|Mar record low C = -27.5 |
| Mar record low C = -27.5 |
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|Apr record low C = -20.0 |
| Apr record low C = -20.0 |
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|May record low C = -15.0 |
| May record low C = -15.0 |
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|Jun record low C = -10.3 |
| Jun record low C = -10.3 |
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|Jul record low C = -6.6 |
| Jul record low C = -6.6 |
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|Aug record low C = -4.7 |
| Aug record low C = -4.7 |
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|Sep record low C = -8.2 |
| Sep record low C = -8.2 |
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|Oct record low C = -16.6 |
| Oct record low C = -16.6 |
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|Nov record low C = -24.4 |
| Nov record low C = -24.4 |
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|Dec record low C = -22.2 |
| Dec record low C = -22.2 |
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|year record low C = -32.5 |
| year record low C = -32.5 |
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|precipitation colour = green |
| precipitation colour = green |
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|Jan precipitation mm = 42.1 |
| Jan precipitation mm = 42.1 |
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|Feb precipitation mm = 57.6 |
| Feb precipitation mm = 57.6 |
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|Mar precipitation mm = 49.2 |
| Mar precipitation mm = 49.2 |
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|Apr precipitation mm = 45.3 |
| Apr precipitation mm = 45.3 |
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|May precipitation mm = 57.9 |
| May precipitation mm = 57.9 |
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|Jun precipitation mm = 47.3 |
| Jun precipitation mm = 47.3 |
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|Jul precipitation mm = 65.9 |
| Jul precipitation mm = 65.9 |
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|Aug precipitation mm = 87.6 |
| Aug precipitation mm = 87.6 |
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|Sep precipitation mm = 87.0 |
| Sep precipitation mm = 87.0 |
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|Oct precipitation mm = 71.0 |
| Oct precipitation mm = 71.0 |
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|Nov precipitation mm = 105.6 |
| Nov precipitation mm = 105.6 |
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|Dec precipitation mm = 113.9 |
| Dec precipitation mm = 113.9 |
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|year precipitation mm = 831.6 |
| year precipitation mm = 831.6 |
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|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |
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|Jan precipitation days = 10.7 |
| Jan precipitation days = 10.7 |
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|Feb precipitation days = 9.1 |
| Feb precipitation days = 9.1 |
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|Mar precipitation days = 9.9 |
| Mar precipitation days = 9.9 |
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|Apr precipitation days = 8.7 |
| Apr precipitation days = 8.7 |
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|May precipitation days = 8.5 |
| May precipitation days = 8.5 |
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|Jun precipitation days = 7.3 |
| Jun precipitation days = 7.3 |
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|Jul precipitation days = 7.8 |
| Jul precipitation days = 7.8 |
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|Aug precipitation days = 10.0 |
| Aug precipitation days = 10.0 |
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|Sep precipitation days = 9.9 |
| Sep precipitation days = 9.9 |
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|Oct precipitation days = 9.4 |
| Oct precipitation days = 9.4 |
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|Nov precipitation days = 10.4 |
| Nov precipitation days = 10.4 |
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|Dec precipitation days = 12.2 |
| Dec precipitation days = 12.2 |
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|year precipitation days = |
| year precipitation days = |
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|Jan sun= 31 |
| Jan sun= 31 |
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|Feb sun= 84 |
| Feb sun= 84 |
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|Mar sun= 186 |
| Mar sun= 186 |
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|Apr sun= 240 |
| Apr sun= 240 |
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|May sun= 186 |
| May sun= 186 |
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|Jun sun= 150 |
| Jun sun= 150 |
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|Jul sun= 186 |
| Jul sun= 186 |
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|Aug sun= 124 |
| Aug sun= 124 |
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|Sep sun= 90 |
| Sep sun= 90 |
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|Oct sun= 62 |
| Oct sun= 62 |
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|Nov sun= 30 |
| Nov sun= 30 |
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|Dec sun= 0 |
| Dec sun= 0 |
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|Jan percentsun = 18.4 |
| Jan percentsun = 18.4 |
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|Feb percentsun = 34.8 |
| Feb percentsun = 34.8 |
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|Mar percentsun = 51.2 |
| Mar percentsun = 51.2 |
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|Apr percentsun = 52.9 |
| Apr percentsun = 52.9 |
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|May percentsun = 32.5 |
| May percentsun = 32.5 |
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|Jun percentsun = 23.7 |
| Jun percentsun = 23.7 |
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|Jul percentsun = 30.5 |
| Jul percentsun = 30.5 |
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|Aug percentsun = 24.4 |
| Aug percentsun = 24.4 |
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|Sep percentsun = 23.0 |
| Sep percentsun = 23.0 |
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|Oct percentsun = 20.4 |
| Oct percentsun = 20.4 |
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|Nov percentsun = |
| Nov percentsun = 15.5 |
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|Dec percentsun = 0.0 |
| Dec percentsun = 0.0 |
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| year percentsun = |
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| source 1 = Météo Climat<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-1-p75.php |title=Météo climat stats for Nuuk |publisher=Météo Climat |accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> |
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|source 1 = Météo Climat<ref>{{cite web |
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| source 2 = [[BBC Weather]] (sun only)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/13013 |title=BBC Weather – Nuuk |accessdate=27 March 2011 |publisher=BBC Weather}}</ref> (June record high only)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/greenland/nuuk/historic?month=6&year=2016 |title=Past Weather in Nuuk, Greenland – June 2016 |accessdate=8 July 2017}}</ref> |
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| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-1-p75.php |
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| title = Météo climat stats for Nuuk |
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| publisher = Météo Climat |
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| accessdate = 21 March 2017}}</ref> |
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|source 2 = [[BBC Weather]] (sun only)<ref>{{cite web |
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|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/13013 |
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|title = BBC Weather - Nuuk |
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|accessdate = 27 March 2011 |
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|publisher = BBC Weather}}</ref> (June record high only)<ref>{{cite web |
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|url = https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/greenland/nuuk/historic?month=6&year=2016 |
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|title = Past Weather in Nuuk, Greenland — June 2016 |
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|accessdate = 8 July 2017}}</ref> |
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The climate ({{convert|6.5|°C|1}} in July) is colder than what is considered the [[Tree line|limit for trees]] ({{convert|10|°C|0}} during the warmest month). There are a few planted trees<ref>e.g [https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/8059956 Gult] by Henrik Greve Thorsen</ref> which do not sustain well. |
The climate ({{convert|6.5|°C|1}} in July) is colder than what is considered the [[Tree line|limit for trees]] ({{convert|10|°C|0}} during the warmest month). There are a few planted trees<ref>e.g [https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/8059956 Gult] by Henrik Greve Thorsen</ref> which do not sustain well. |
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== Demographics == |
== Demographics == |
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With 17,796 inhabitants as of January 2018,<ref name="stat2018" /> Nuuk is by far the largest town in Greenland. The population of Nuuk has doubled since 1977, increased by over a third since 1990, and risen by almost 21% since 2000. In addition to those born in Greenland, data from 2015 showed 3,636 were born outside the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX?rxid=BEXST421-12-2015%2008:28:58 |title=Population in localities by gender, age and place of birth 1977–2015 [BEEST4] |publisher=Statbank Greenland |accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> Attracted by good employment opportunities with high wages, Danes have continued to settle in the town. Today, Nuuk has the highest proportion of Danes of any town in Greenland.{{cn|date=December 2018}} Half of Greenland's immigrants live in Nuuk, which also accounts for a quarter of the country's native population.<ref name="dsd">{{cite web |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/Gr%C3%B8nland/Gr%C3%B8nlandske_kommuner/Nuuk_Kommune |title=Nuuk Kommune |publisher=Den Store Danske |accessdate=21 December 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref> |
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== Government and politics == |
== Government and politics == |
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As the capital of Greenland, Nuuk is the administrative centre of the country, containing all of the important government buildings and institutions. The public sector bodies are also the town's largest employer.<ref name=dsd/> |
As the capital of Greenland, Nuuk is the administrative centre of the country, containing all of the important government buildings and institutions. The public sector bodies are also the town's largest employer.<ref name="dsd" /> |
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As of December 2015, the mayor of Nuuk is [[Asii Chemnitz Narup]]. She is a member of the [[Inuit Ataqatigiit]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sermersooq.gl/da/profil/asii_chemnitz_narup/|title=Asii Chemnitz Narup|publisher=Kalaallisut|accessdate=21 December 2015|language=Danish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101139/https://sermersooq.gl/da/profil/asii_chemnitz_narup/|archive-date=22 December 2015|dead-url=yes |
As of December 2015, the mayor of Nuuk is [[Asii Chemnitz Narup]]. She is a member of the [[Inuit Ataqatigiit]] party.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sermersooq.gl/da/profil/asii_chemnitz_narup/ |title=Asii Chemnitz Narup |publisher=Kalaallisut |accessdate=21 December 2015 |language=Danish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101139/https://sermersooq.gl/da/profil/asii_chemnitz_narup/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> |
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Greenland's [[Parliament of Greenland|Self Government Parliament]], the Inatsisartut, is in Nuuk. It has 31 seats and its members are elected by popular vote on the basis of [[proportional representation]] to serve four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.inatsisartut.gl/members-of-inatsisartut.aspx|title=Members of Inatsisartut|publisher=Inatsisartut|accessdate=21 December 2015 |
Greenland's [[Parliament of Greenland|Self Government Parliament]], the Inatsisartut, is in Nuuk. It has 31 seats and its members are elected by popular vote on the basis of [[proportional representation]] to serve four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.inatsisartut.gl/members-of-inatsisartut.aspx |title=Members of Inatsisartut |publisher=Inatsisartut |accessdate=21 December 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125444/http://en.inatsisartut.gl/members-of-inatsisartut.aspx |archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> All of Greenland's major political parties have their headquarters in Nuuk, including the Inuit Ataqatigiit, [[Forward (Greenland)|Siumut]], [[Democrats (Greenland)|Democrats]], [[Feeling of Community|Atassut]], [[Association of Candidates (Greenland)|Association of Candidates]] and the [[Women's Party (Greenland)|Women's Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gl/publ/en/SA/201001/contents/Political%20Parties.htm |title=Political parties in Greenland |publisher=Statistics Greenland |accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> |
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=== KANUKOKA === |
=== KANUKOKA === |
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KANUKOKA ({{lang-kl|Kalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiat}}) is based in Nuuk. It is an association of Greenland's municipalities, led by Enok Sandgreen.<ref name="reform">{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article118782.ece |title=Sermitsiaq mener: Hvem ka’? Kanukoka! |work=[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]] |date=20 May 2010 |language=Danish |accessdate=9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523042614/http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article118782.ece |archive-date=23 May 2010 |dead-url=yes |
KANUKOKA ({{lang-kl|Kalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiat}}) is based in Nuuk. It is an association of Greenland's municipalities, led by Enok Sandgreen.<ref name="reform">{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article118782.ece |title=Sermitsiaq mener: Hvem ka’? Kanukoka! |work=[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]] | date=20 May 2010 |language=Danish |accessdate=9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523042614/http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article118782.ece |archive-date=23 May 2010 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> The aim of the organisation was to facilitate cooperation among all five municipalities of Greenland: [[Avannaata]], [[Kujalleq]], [[Qeqertalik]], [[Qeqqata]], and Sermersooq. However with Sermersooq and Qeqertalik both withdrawing and Qeqqata expressing doubts, KANUKOKA is closing down in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://knr.gl/kl/nutaarsiassat/kanukoka-juulip-31-ani-atorunnaartussanngortoq |title=KANUKOKA juulip 31-ani atorunnaartussanngortoq |publisher=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa}}</ref> The organisation runs the municipal elections every four years, with the last election taking place in 2012. All municipal authorities in Greenland are members of the organisation.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.kanukoka.gl/da/om_kanukoka/fakta_om_kanukoka/hvad_er_kanukoka |publisher=KANUKOKA, Official Website |language=Danish |title=Hvad er KANUKOKA? |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721034806/http://www.kanukoka.gl/da/om_kanukoka/fakta_om_kanukoka/hvad_er_kanukoka |archivedate=21 July 2011}}</ref> The association is overseen by [[Maliina Abelsen]], the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland.<ref name="reform" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.nanoq.gl/emner/government/departments/ministry_of_social_affairs/minister.aspx |publisher=Government of Greenland |title=Minister for Social Affairs |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728092340/http://uk.nanoq.gl/emner/government/departments/ministry_of_social_affairs/minister.aspx |archivedate=28 July 2011}}</ref> |
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== Economy and infrastructure == |
== Economy and infrastructure == |
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[[File:Nuuk-port.jpg|thumb|The port of Nuuk]] |
[[File:Nuuk-port.jpg|thumb|The port of Nuuk]] |
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Although only a small town, Nuuk has developed trade, business, shipping and other industries. It began as a small fishing settlement with a harbour but as the economy developed rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s, the fishing industry in the capital declined.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXLAeyDeaUMC&pg=PA118 |
Although only a small town, Nuuk has developed trade, business, shipping and other industries. It began as a small fishing settlement with a harbour but as the economy developed rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s, the fishing industry in the capital declined.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXLAeyDeaUMC&pg=PA118 |first1=Michael |last1=Jones |first2=Kenneth |last2=Olwig |title=Nordic landscapes: region and belonging on the northern edge of Europe |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] | year=2008 |page=118|isbn=9780816639144 }}</ref> The port is nevertheless still home to almost half of Greenland's fishing fleet. The local [[Royal Greenland]] processing plant absorbs landed seafood amounting to over DKK 50 million (US$7 million) per annum, mainly (80%) [[shrimp]] but also [[cod]], [[lumpfish]] and [[halibut]].<ref name="dsd" /> Seafood, including seal, is also sold in abundance in Nuuk's fish markets, the largest being [[Kalaaliaraq Market]]. Minerals including [[zinc]] and [[gold]] have contributed to the development of Nuuk's economy.<ref name="Barkham 2016">{{cite news |last=Barkham |first=Patrick |title=Greenland: the country set to cash in on climate change |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 December 2016 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/23/climate-change-in-greenland-adaptation-we-simply-refuse-to-be-victimised |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> |
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The city, like much of Greenland, is heavily dependent upon Danish investment and relies on Denmark for block funding.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwi0s3I5jLEC&pg=PA164 |
The city, like much of Greenland, is heavily dependent upon Danish investment and relies on Denmark for block funding.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwi0s3I5jLEC&pg=PA164 |title=World of Information Regional Review: Europe |publisher=Kogan Page Publishers |year=2003 |page=164 |isbn=978-0-7494-4067-1}}</ref> |
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=== Energy === |
=== Energy === |
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All of Greenland's electricity is powered by the government |
All of Greenland's electricity is powered by the government-owned company [[Nukissiorfiit]], which has a monopoly on the electricity in Greenland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nukissiorfiit.gl/nukissiorfiit/oqaluttuarisaaneq/?lang=da |title=Historie |publisher=Nukissiorfiit |accessdate=21 December 2015 |language=Danish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727075726/http://www.nukissiorfiit.gl/nukissiorfiit/oqaluttuarisaaneq/?lang=da# |archive-date=27 July 2017 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> Since 1993, Nuuk has received its electric power mainly from [[Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant]] by way of a 132 kV powerline crossing [[Ameralik Span|Ameralik fjord]] over a distance of {{cvt|5376|m}}, the world's longest free span.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://northof56.com/energy/article/greenland-hydro-capacity-increases-with-new-plant |title=Greenland hydro capacity increases with new plant |publisher=North of 56 |date=20 August 2013 |accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arcticbusinessnetwork.blogspot.lu/2014/02/buksefjorden.html |title=Buksefjorden: Grønlands første vandkraftværk satte verdensrekord |publisher=Arctic Business Network |date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref> |
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=== Education === |
=== Education === |
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[[File:Ilisimatusarfik-university-of-greenland.jpg|thumb|University of Greenland]] |
[[File:Ilisimatusarfik-university-of-greenland.jpg|thumb|University of Greenland]] |
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Nuuk has several educational institutions of higher learning. The [[University of Greenland]] (Ilisimatusarfik), the only university in Greenland, is in Nuuk. The university was founded in 1987 and expanded in 2007 with the new building called ''Ilimmarfik'' which houses departments of journalism, management and economics, language, literature and media, cultural and social history, theology and religion and social work. Nuuk is also home to the |
Nuuk has several educational institutions of higher learning. The [[University of Greenland]] (Ilisimatusarfik), the only university in Greenland, is in Nuuk. The university was founded in 1987 and expanded in 2007 with the new building called ''Ilimmarfik'' which houses departments of journalism, management and economics, language, literature and media, cultural and social history, theology and religion and social work. Nuuk is also home to the Department of Learning (Ilinniarfissuaq), the oldest educational facility in Greenland, in the old colonial part of Nuuk (''Nuutoqaq'': Old Nuuk). Other notable educational institutions include the Department of Nursing and Health Science, Nuuk Technical College and the Iron & Metal School. |
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=== Healthcare === |
=== Healthcare === |
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The city is served by [[Queen Ingrid's Hospital]]. The hospital not only serves as the main hospital for the municipality but is the central hospital in all of Greenland. The hospital has around 130 beds.<ref>{{cite book|url= |
The city is served by [[Queen Ingrid's Hospital]]. The hospital not only serves as the main hospital for the municipality but is the central hospital in all of Greenland. The hospital has around 130 beds.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ko25S59XdwC&pg=PA55 |first1=Peter |last1=Bjerregaard |first2=T. Kue |last2=Young |title=The circumpolar Inuit: health of a population in transition |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |year=1998 |isbn=978-87-16-11905-6 |page=55}}</ref> |
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=== Tourism === |
=== Tourism === |
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The [[Nuuk Tourist Office]] was built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7v0M2mZHpMC&pg=PA1458&dq=Nuuk+Tourist+Office#v=onepage&q=Nuuk%20Tourist%20Office&f=false|title=Europa World Year, Book 1|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|year=2004|isbn=1-85743-254-1|page=1458}}</ref> |
The [[Nuuk Tourist Office]] was built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7v0M2mZHpMC&pg=PA1458&dq=Nuuk+Tourist+Office#v=onepage&q=Nuuk%20Tourist%20Office&f=false |title=Europa World Year, Book 1 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |page=1458}}</ref> |
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=== Shopping === |
=== Shopping === |
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Shops in Nuuk offer local art and craftwork. In July 2012 Greenland's first shopping centre, [[Nuuk Center]] ''(abbreviated as NC)'', opened. The centre has Greenland's first underground parking. Several supermarkets exist, such as Nuuk Center, [[Pisiffik]], [[Brugseni]], and [[Spar (retailer)|Spar]]. |
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[[File:Nuuk main road.JPG|thumb|Nuuk's main road Aqqusinersuaq with [[Hotel Hans Egede]] on the right]] |
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=== Air === |
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Nuuk has an international airport {{cvt|4|km|mi}} to the northeast of the town centre. Built in 1979, it is a hub for [[Air Greenland]], which is also headquartered in Nuuk,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airgreenland.com/kontakt/ |title=airgreenland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426004444/http://airgreenland.com/kontakt/ |archive-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> and operates its technical base at the airport. There are flights inside Greenland and to Iceland. There is a decision to extend the runway so that there can be flights to European destinations like Denmark. |
Nuuk has an international airport {{cvt|4|km|mi}} to the northeast of the town centre. Built in 1979, it is a hub for [[Air Greenland]], which is also headquartered in Nuuk,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airgreenland.com/kontakt/ |title=airgreenland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426004444/http://airgreenland.com/kontakt/ |archive-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> and operates its technical base at the airport. There are flights inside Greenland and to Iceland. There is a decision to extend the runway so that there can be flights to European destinations like Denmark. |
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=== Sea === |
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As a result of the high cost of flying goods to Greenland, Nuuk and other towns in Greenland are connected to Denmark by cargo vessels which sail mainly from [[Aalborg]] during the warmer months after the winter ice has melted. They bring clothing, flour, medicine, timber and machinery and return with deep-frozen shrimp and fish.<ref name=dsf/> |
As a result of the high cost of flying goods to Greenland, Nuuk and other towns in Greenland are connected to Denmark by cargo vessels which sail mainly from [[Aalborg]] during the warmer months after the winter ice has melted. They bring clothing, flour, medicine, timber and machinery and return with deep-frozen shrimp and fish.<ref name="dsf" /> For most of the year, Nuuk is served twice-weekly by the coastal ferry of the [[Arctic Umiaq Line]] which links the communities of the western coast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aul.gl/images/stories/pdf/fartplan%2009.pdf |publisher=Arctic Umiaq Line |title=AUL, Timetable 2009 |format=PDF |accessdate=13 July 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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For most of the year, Nuuk is served twice-weekly by the coastal ferry of the [[Arctic Umiaq Line]] which links the communities of the western coast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aul.gl/images/stories/pdf/fartplan%2009.pdf |publisher=Arctic Umiaq Line |title=AUL, Timetable 2009 |format=PDF |accessdate=13 July 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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The majority of buses and cars owned in Greenland operate in Nuuk.<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Carroll |first=Etain |title=Greenland and the Arctic |publisher=Lonely Planet |pages=231 |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-74059-095-2}}</ref>There are no roads connecting Nuuk with other areas of Greenland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://europas-lande.dk/dan/Lande/Gr%C3%B8nland/Erhverv%20og%20%C3%B8konomi/Infrastruktur/mellem/ |title=Grønland: Infrastruktur |publisher=Europas-Lande.dk |accessdate=22 December 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref> The main street in Nuuk is [[Aqqusinersuaq]], with a number of shops and the 140-room [[Hotel Hans Egede]].<ref>[http://www.hhe.gl/index.asp?side_id=1 Hotel Hans Egede] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605114935/http://www.hhe.gl/index.asp?side_id=1 |date=5 June 2010 }}</ref> |
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Since 2009, the city bus service Nuup Bussii provides city transport services in Nuuk for the [[Sermersooq]] municipality,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/presse/nyheder/2010/juni/busselskab_aendrer_vedtaegter.aspx |publisher=[[Sermersooq]] Municipality, Official Website |title=Nuup Bussii udvider bestyrelsen |language=Danish |accessdate=13 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630004055/http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/presse/nyheder/2010/juni/busselskab_aendrer_vedtaegter.aspx |archivedate=30 June 2010}}</ref> linking the town centre with the airport, the outlying districts and neighborhoods<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/borger/fysisk_planlaegning/lokalplaner_og_kommuneplantillaeg/lokalplaner_og_kommuneplantillaeg_for_nuuk.aspx |publisher=[[Sermersooq]] Municipality, Official Website |title=Lokalplaner og kommuneplantillæg for Nuuk |language=Danish |accessdate=13 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033017/http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/borger/fysisk_planlaegning/lokalplaner_og_kommuneplantillaeg/lokalplaner_og_kommuneplantillaeg_for_nuuk.aspx |archivedate=21 July 2011}}</ref> of [[Nuussuaq (district)|Nuussuaq]], [[Qinngorput]], as well as [[Qernertunnguit]] in [[Quassussuup Tungaa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bus.gl/ |publisher=Nuup Bussii, Official Website |title=Nuup Bussii A/S |accessdate=13 July 2010}}</ref> In 2012 the buses transported more than 2 million passengers around the city of Nuuk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bus.gl/om-nb.html |title=Om NB |publisher=Nuup Bussi |accessdate=22 December 2015 |language=Danish |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504185057/http://www.bus.gl/om-nb.html |archivedate=4 May 2016}}</ref> |
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The main street in Nuuk is [[Aqqusinersuaq]], with a number of shops and the 140-room [[Hotel Hans Egede]].<ref>[http://www.hhe.gl/index.asp?side_id=1 Hotel Hans Egede] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605114935/http://www.hhe.gl/index.asp?side_id=1 |date=5 June 2010 }}</ref> The majority of the 72 buses and 2,570 cars owned in Greenland ({{As of|2005|lc=y}}) operate in Nuuk.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Carroll|first=Etain|title=Greenland and the Arctic|publisher=Lonely Planet|pages=231|year=2005|isbn=1-74059-095-3}}</ref> With its 31 yellow buses, [[Nuup Bussii]] provides public bus services throughout the town and has routes to the outlying districts of [[Nuussuaq (district)|Nuussuaq]] and [[Qinngorput]], as well as a shuttle service to the airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bus.gl/om-nb.html|title=Om NB|publisher=Nuup Bussi|accessdate=22 December 2015|language=Danish|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504185057/http://www.bus.gl/om-nb.html|archivedate=4 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There are no roads connecting Nuuk with other areas of Greenland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europas-lande.dk/dan/Lande/Gr%C3%B8nland/Erhverv%20og%20%C3%B8konomi/Infrastruktur/mellem/|title=Grønland: Infrastruktur|publisher=Europas-Lande.dk|accessdate=22 December 2015 |language=Danish}}</ref> |
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== Cityscape == |
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=== Historical === |
=== Historical === |
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[[Hans Egede House|Hans Egede's House]], built in 1721 by the Danish missionary Hans Egede, is the oldest building in Greenland. Standing close to the harbour among other old houses, it is now used for government receptions.<ref name=dsf>{{cite book|title=De Store Fagbøger. Grønland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2JYtxDtXEMC&pg=PT37|year=2004|publisher=Gyldendal Uddannelse|isbn=978-87-02-02629-0|pages=37–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greenland/nuuk-town-godthab/sights/other/hans-egede-house|title=Hans Egede House|publisher=Lonely Planet|accessdate=22 December 2015 |
[[Hans Egede House|Hans Egede's House]], built in 1721 by the Danish missionary Hans Egede, is the oldest building in Greenland. Standing close to the harbour among other old houses, it is now used for government receptions.<ref name="dsf">{{cite book |title=De Store Fagbøger. Grønland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2JYtxDtXEMC&pg=PT37 |year=2004 |publisher=Gyldendal Uddannelse |isbn=978-87-02-02629-0 |pages=37–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greenland/nuuk-town-godthab/sights/other/hans-egede-house |title=Hans Egede House |publisher=Lonely Planet |accessdate=22 December 2015}}</ref> |
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[[File:Annaassisitta-Oqaluffia-old-nuuk.jpg|thumb|Nuuk Cathedral]] |
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⚫ | The Church of Our Saviour of the [[Lutheran]] [[diocese of Greenland]] was built in 1849 and the tower was added in 1884. The red building with a clock tower and steeple is a prominent site on the landscape.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandinfo.de/index.php?id=3534 |title=Nuuk – Ein Stadtrundgang |publisher=Grönlandinfo.de |accessdate=31 December 2015 |language=German}}</ref> The church received the status of [[Nuuk Cathedral]] in 1994 when the first bishop was Kristian Mørk, followed in 1995 by Sofie Petersen, a native of Greenland and the second woman in Denmark to become a bishop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Greenland/Kitaa/Nuuk-966816/Things_To_Do-Nuuk-TG-C-1.html |title=Nuuk Things to Do |publisher=Virtual Tourist |accessdate=31 December 2015}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The Church of Our Saviour of the [[Lutheran]] [[diocese of Greenland]] was built in 1849 and the tower was added in 1884. The red building with a clock tower and steeple is a prominent site on the landscape.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.groenlandinfo.de/index.php?id=3534|title=Nuuk |
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The [[Herrnhut House]] was the centre of the [[Moravian missions in Greenland|Moravian mission]] of [[Neu-Herrnhut|New Herrnhut]]. Other landmarks include the [[Hans Egede Church]] and the [[Statue of Hans Egede]]. |
The [[Herrnhut House]] was the centre of the [[Moravian missions in Greenland|Moravian mission]] of [[Neu-Herrnhut|New Herrnhut]]. Other landmarks include the [[Hans Egede Church]] and the [[Statue of Hans Egede]]. |
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[[Greenland National Museum]] is in Nuuk and was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natmus.gl/|title=Forsiden |
[[Greenland National Museum]] is in Nuuk and was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.natmus.gl/ |title=Forsiden}}</ref> The museum has many artifacts and exhibits related to Greenland's archaeology, history, art, and handicrafts, and contains the [[Qilakitsoq]] mummies. |
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=== Cultural === |
=== Cultural === |
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[[File:Katuaq2008.JPG|thumb|Katuaq]] |
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[[File:The Nuuk Art Museum.jpg|thumb|Nuuk Art Museum]] |
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Katuaq is a [[cultural centre]] used for concerts, films, art exhibitions, and conferences. It was designed by [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] and inaugurated on 15 February 1997. Katuaq contains two [[auditorium|auditoria]], the larger seating 1,008 people and the smaller, 508. The complex also contains an art school, library, meeting facilities, administrative offices and a café. |
Katuaq is a [[cultural centre]] used for concerts, films, art exhibitions, and conferences. It was designed by [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen]] and inaugurated on 15 February 1997. Katuaq contains two [[auditorium|auditoria]], the larger seating 1,008 people and the smaller, 508. The complex also contains an art school, library, meeting facilities, administrative offices and a café. |
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The Nuuk Art Museum is the only private art and crafts museum in Greenland.<ref name="Kunst">{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseum.gl/|title=Velkommen til Nuuk Kunstmuseum |
The Nuuk Art Museum is the only private art and crafts museum in Greenland.<ref name="Kunst">{{cite web |url=http://www.kunstmuseum.gl/ |title=Velkommen til Nuuk Kunstmuseum – fortids- og nutidskunst}}</ref> The museum contains a notable collection of local paintings, watercolours, drawings, and graphics, some by Andy Warhol; and figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by archaeologists. |
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=== Educational === |
=== Educational === |
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Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland, is in Nuuk and is the national university of Greenland. Most courses are taught in [[Danish language|Danish]], although a few are in Kalaallisut as well. {{As of|2007}}, the university had approximately 150 students (almost all Greenlanders), around 14 academic staff, and five administrators.<ref name=statistic>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |title=About the University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222948/http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007 |
Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland, is in Nuuk and is the national university of Greenland. Most courses are taught in [[Danish language|Danish]], although a few are in Kalaallisut as well. {{As of|2007}}, the university had approximately 150 students (almost all Greenlanders), around 14 academic staff, and five administrators.<ref name="statistic">{{cite web |url=http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |title=About the University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928222948/http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/OmIlisimatusarfik/tabid/60/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007}}. "ca. 150 studenter; 14 lærere foruden rektor samt 5 teknisk-administrativt ansatte."</ref> Its library holds approximately 30,000 volumes. |
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The [[Public and National Library of Greenland|National Library of Greenland]] in Nuuk is the largest reference library in the country, devoted to the preservation of Greenland's cultural heritage and history.<ref name="ica">{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |publisher=Groenlandica, Greenlandic National Library |title=About Us |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031237/http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |archivedate=21 July 2011 |
The [[Public and National Library of Greenland|National Library of Greenland]] in Nuuk is the largest reference library in the country, devoted to the preservation of Greenland's cultural heritage and history.<ref name="ica">{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |publisher=Groenlandica, Greenlandic National Library |title=About Us |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031237/http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/om_os/index_om_os.html?Mode_ID=0 |archivedate=21 July 2011}}</ref> The library holdings are split between the public library in the town centre and Ilimmarfik, the campus of the University of Greenland. As of 1 January 2008, there are 83,324 items in the library database at Ilimmarfik.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/materialer/index_materialer.html?Mode_ID=0 |publisher=Groenlandica, Greenlandic National Library |title=Collections |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031710/http://www.groenlandica.gl/eng/materialer/index_materialer.html?Mode_ID=0 |archivedate=21 July 2011}}</ref> |
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=== Sports === |
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⚫ | Nuuk's sports clubs include [[Nuuk Idraetslag|Nuuk IL]] (established in 1934), [[B-67]], and [[Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub|GSS Nuuk]]. Nuuk Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, used mostly for [[Association football|football]] games. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000.<ref name="worldstadiums.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/greenland.shtml |title=World Stadiums – Stadiums in Greenland |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135020/http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/greenland.shtml |archivedate=5 June 2011}}</ref> The stadium can also be used as an entertainment venue: the Scottish rock band [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] performed at the venue. Nuuk also has the [[Godthåbhallen]], a handball stadium. It is the home of the [[Greenland national handball team]] and has a capacity of 1,000.<ref name="worldstadiums.com" /> There is a hill for alpine skiing with an altitude difference around 300 meters on the mountain Lille Malene,<ref name="skilift.gl">{{cite web |url=http://www.skilift.gl/ |title=Skiliften Sisorarfiit |accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> with the valley station close to the airport terminal.<ref name="xpda">{{cite web |url=http://xpda.com/flyingtoeurope/ |title=General Aviation Flying to Europe |date=10 May 2010 |accessdate=6 May 2013 |author=Webster, Bob}}</ref> There is also the Nuuk golf course, the northernmost course in the world.<ref>[http://greenlandtoday.com/golf-in-greenland/?lang=en Nuuk Golf Course] Greenlandtoday.</ref> |
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Nuuk's sports clubs include [[Nuuk Idraetslag|Nuuk IL]] (established in 1934), [[B-67]], and [[Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub|GSS Nuuk]]. |
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There is a hill for alpine skiing with lifts (altitude difference around 300 m), on the mountain Lille Malene,<ref name="skilift.gl">{{cite web | url=http://www.skilift.gl/ | title=Skiliften Sisorarfiit | accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> with the valley station close to the airport terminal.<ref name="xpda">{{cite web | url=http://xpda.com/flyingtoeurope/ | title=General Aviation Flying to Europe | date=10 May 2010 | accessdate=6 May 2013 | author=Webster, Bob}}</ref> There is also a golf course in Nuuk. |
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==International relations== |
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{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in North America#Greenland|l1=List of twin towns and sister cities in Greenland}} |
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* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg]], Denmark <small>''(2002–present)''</small><ref name="Aalborg twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |title=Aalborg Twin Towns |publisher=Europeprize.net/ |accessdate=19 August 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907145357/http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 |archivedate=7 September 2013}}</ref> |
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* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Changchun]], China |
* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Changchun]], China |
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