Narsarsuaq
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Narsarsuaq (lit. Great Plain; old spelling: Narssarssuaq) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement's economy and population of 123 inhabitants is almost entirely reliant on Narsarsuaq Airport, an old U.S. military base (Bluie West One). There is a tourism industry in and around Narsarsuaq, whose attractions include a great diversity of wildlife, gemstones, tours to glaciers, and an airfield museum.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in GL, across 6 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Narsarsuaq is referenced by 138 other articles, and connects out to Danish Realm, United States and Canada.
It is catalogued under topics including Kujalleq and Populated places in Greenland.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Narsarsuaq
- Region
- Kujalleq
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 123
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Narsarsuaq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Narsarsuaq-tunulliarfik.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Narsarsuaq and Tunulliarfik Fjord
- 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.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Kiista P. Isaksen
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 123
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Kujalleq
- Population
- 124
- Area
- 47.71
- Elevation
- 34
- Image
- Narsarsuaq-tunulliarfik.jpg
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- Commons category
- Narsarsuaq
- postal code
- 3923
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Post-war
- Closure of airport
- Transport
- Population
- Climate
- Greenlandic Arboretum
- References
Narsarsuaq (lit. Great Plain; old spelling: Narssarssuaq) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement's economy and population of 123 inhabitants is almost entirely reliant on Narsarsuaq Airport, an old U.S. military base (Bluie West One). There is a tourism industry in and around Narsarsuaq, whose attractions include a great diversity of wildlife, gemstones, tours to glaciers, and an airfield museum.
==History== thumb|200px|left|Narsarsuaq valley (Flower valley), seen from Mellemlandet Narsarsuaq is located within the Eastern Settlement of the Greenlandic Norse; the Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red established in 985 was located on the opposite bank of Tunulliarfik Fjord, where the modern settlement of Qassiarsuk is situated.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Narsarsuaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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