Igaliku
Igaliku
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| Coordinates: 60°59′27″N 45°25′09″W / 60.99083°N 45.41917°WCoordinates: 60°59′27″N 45°25′09″W / 60.99083°N 45.41917°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Kujalleq |
| Founded | 1783 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Klaus Egede |
| Population (2010) | |
| - Total | 55 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Postal code | 3921 Narsaq |
Igaliku (Danish: Igaliko) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Present day Igaliku was founded in 1783 by trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife Tuperna. As of 2010 Igaliku had 55 inhabitants.
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Geography
Igaliku is located southeast of Narsarsuaq, on an isthmus of a peninsula jutting off the mainland of Greenland, near the eastern shore of upper Tunulliarfik Fjord.
Landmarks and sights
Igaliku is best known for the ruins of Garðar, once the religious heart of 12th century Norse Greenland. The area was at the very heart of the Eastern Settlement and has been extensively archaeologically excavated since the 1830s. There are several historical graves in the area, most have not presently been indentified.
Infrastructure
The settlement has a general store, a church including the congregation building, and a school, Atuarfik Igaliku (Greenlandic for "the school of Igaliku").
Population
The population of Igaliku has been stable in the last two decades.
- ^ "Sermitsiaq, 2008/07/18 (Danish)". http://sermitsiaq.gl/kultur/article47823.ece. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Statistics Greenland (Danish)". http://bank2.stat.gl. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Ivittuut/Narsarsuaq/Qaqortoq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. pp. 108. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
