Ammassivik

Also known as Angmagssivik, Sletten

Ammassivik (old spelling: Angmagssivik) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The modern name is the Kalaallisut for "where you catch ammassaat (capelin)". Its population was 74 in 2010. As of 1 January 2024, its population was 32.

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Place details

Locality: Ammassivik
Region: Kujalleq
Country: Kalaallit Nunaat
Population: 32

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ammassivik
Settlement.other_name: Sletten
Settlement.image_skyline: Ammassivik church 1892.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: The church in Ammassivik, 1892
Settlement.pushpin_map: Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 22px Kujalleq
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025
Settlement.population_total: 29
Settlement.timezone1: Western Greenland Time
Settlement.utc_offset1: −02:00
Settlement.timezone1_DST: Western Greenland Summer Time
Settlement.utc_offset1_DST: −01:00

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Sletten
Population: 34
Area: 0.51
Elevation: 22
Image: Ammassivik church 1892.jpg

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Commons category: Ammassivik
native label: Ammassivik

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Geography
Population
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The settlement was founded in 1889 as Sletten. In 1899, a school the Isak Lundip atuarfia was built in the settlement by Danish missionaries. The school had 6 students in 2005.