Igaliku Kujalleq

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Igaliku Kujalleq (South Igaliku)
Søndre Igaliku Igaliko Kujatdleĸ
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Narsaq
Geographical location 60 ° 53 '32 "  N , 45 ° 16' 35"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 53 '32 "  N , 45 ° 16' 35"  W.
Igaliku Kujalleq (Greenland)
Igaliku Kujalleq
Residents 8
(January 1, 2020)
Time zone UTC-3
particularities Nordic ruins

Igaliku Kujalleq [ iˈɣaliku kuˈjaɬːɜq ] (according to the old spelling Igaliko Kujatdleĸ ) is a Greenlandic shepherd settlement in the district of Narsaq in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Igaliku Kujalleq is located on the south coast of a tributary of the Igalikup Kangerlua . The Iterlak farm is located on the north coast . A path connects Igaliku Kujalleq to the south with the farms Qorlortukasik , Timerliit , Tasilikulooq , Saqqaa and Qanisartuut .

Attractions

One of the sights of Igaliku Kujalleq are the ruins of Undir Höfði der Grænlendingar , which indicate the importance of the settlement as a religious and economic center during the Nordic settlement.

Population development

The population of Igaliku Kujalleq, which is a typical sheep farm in southern Greenland, ranges between two and thirteen.

Individual evidence

  1. Lonely Planet Publications (ed.): Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands . 4th edition. 2001, ISBN 978-0-86442-686-4 (English).
  2. Population of Igaliku Kujalleq 1977–2020 at bank.stat.gl