Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut
Nutaarmiut
Nutaarmiut is located in Greenland
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.

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 small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N 56°00′W / 71.833°N 56°W / 71.833; -56 to the southern end of Melville Bay (Kalaallisut: Qimusseriarsuaq) in the north at approximately 74°50′N 57°30′W / 74.833°N 57.5°W / 74.833; -57.5.

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.

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

  1. ^ Statistics Greenland (Danish)
  2. ^ Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  3. ^ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  4. ^ a b Statistics Greenland
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