Eqi

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Eqi (fjord bay)
Eĸe
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Ilulissat
Geographical location 69 ° 8 '12 "  N , 51 ° 5' 54"  W Coordinates: 69 ° 8 '12 "  N , 51 ° 5' 54"  W.
Eqi (Greenland)
Eqi
Residents 0
(1948)
Time zone UTC-3

Eqi [ ɜˈqi ] (from the old spelling Eĸe ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Ilulissat district in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Eqi lies directly south of the Kangiata Sullua (Ilulissat Isfjord) on the east coast of the Diskobay on a tiny headland. On the other side of the fjord nine kilometers north is Ilulissat and six kilometers south is Ilimanaq .

history

Eqi was inhabited very early, as evidenced by ruins and tombs. With its location on the fjord, the place was well suited for hunting. In 1805 40 people lived in Eqi. Together with the nearby Avannarliit , 131 inhabitants were counted in 1850. Eqi is the place of origin of the Banke family in Greenland.

Eqi was part of the Claushavn (Ilimanaq) mission district and thus part of the Christianshaab colonial district . In 1911 Eqi became part of the Claushavn municipality. In 1915 Eqi had 33 residents who lived in five houses. Among them were thirteen hunters and one fisherman. One of the hunters worked as a catechist. In 1940 Eqi had 47 residents, but after that the population declined and in 1947 the last 22 residents moved.

Sons and daughters

Individual evidence

  1. Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Christianshaab district. De grandson Bopladser. Bopladsen Eĸe . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (=  Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 141 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  3. Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 135 .