Maniitsoq

Maniitsoq
Sukkertoppen
Town
Maniitsoq
Maniitsoq
Maniitsoq is located in Greenland
Maniitsoq
Maniitsoq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 65°25′00″N 52°54′00″W / 65.41667°N 52.90000°W / 65.41667; -52.90000
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Qeqqata
Founded1782
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,534[1]
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal code
3912
Websitemaniitsoq.gl

Maniitsoq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [maniːtsːɔq]),[2][3][4] is a town in Maniitsoq Island, western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020,[1] it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland.

  1. ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  2. ^ The pre-1973 spelling was Manîtsoq or Mannétsoĸ. The name means "Place of Rugged Terrain".
  3. ^ Ross, James. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. A.W. Webster, 1835.
  4. ^ Air Greenland. "Maniitsoq Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine".

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