Nutaarmiut

For other uses, see Nutaarmiut (disambiguation).
Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut
Nutaarmiut

Location within Greenland

Coordinates: 73°31′8″N 56°25′35″W / 73.51889°N 56.42639°W / 73.51889; -56.42639Coordinates: 73°31′8″N 56°25′35″W / 73.51889°N 56.42639°W / 73.51889; -56.42639
State  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country  Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Population (2010)
 • Total 36
Time zone UTC-03
Postal code 3962 Upernavik

Nutaarmiut (old spelling: Nutârmiut) is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It had 36 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Upernavik Archipelago

Main article: Upernavik Archipelago
Sketch map of the Upernavik Archipelago on the Baffin Bay coast of northwestern Greenland
Nutaarmiut within the Upernavik Archipelago

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.

Population

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]

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

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Greenland (Danish)
  2. 1 2 Statistics Greenland
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