Itilleq
Itilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.
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- Locality
- Itilleq
- Region
- Qeqqata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 89
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Itilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.
== History == Itilleq was founded in 1847 on another island, but was later moved 1 kilometer east to its present location.
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