Arsuk
Sign in to saveArsuk is a village in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It had 73 inhabitants in 2020. The name of the settlement means the beloved place in the Greenlandic language. The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.
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- Locality
- Arsuk
- Region
- Sermersooq
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 73
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Arsuk
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Arsuk-sea.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Arsuk under the Kuunnaat mountain
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- 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 Sermersooq
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Paamiut
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jonathan Rasmussen
- Settlement.established_title
- First Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1500 B.C.E.
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 78
- Area
- 2.39
- Image
- Arsuk-sea.jpg
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- Arsuk
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Arsuk is a village in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It had 73 inhabitants in 2020. The name of the settlement means the beloved place in the Greenlandic language. The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.
== Geography == Arsuk is located at the southern end of the Sermersooq municipality, on the coast of Labrador Sea near the mouth of the Arsuk Fjord in the southeast. It is north of Cape Desolation, where the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east approximately to the south of the settlement at the wide mouth of Alanngorsuaq Fjord. The Kuunnaat mountain rises on the mainland directly to the north of the village.
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