Iginniarfik

Iginniarfik (where to hunt)
Igíniarfik
Commune	Qeqertalik municipality
District	Kangaatsiaq
Geographical location	68 ° 8 '53 "  N , 53 ° 10' 20"  W Coordinates: 68 ° 8 '53 "  N , 53 ° 10' 20"  W
Residents	76 (January 1, 2020)
founding	around 1850
Time zone	UTC-03

Iginniarfik [ iˌɣinːiɑfːik ] (the old spelling Igíniarfik ) is a Greenlandic settlement in the district Kangaatsiaq in the municipality Qeqertalik .

location

Iginniarfik is located on the isthmus to an unnamed peninsula in the Alanngorsua region , in which Ikerasaarsuk is also located eleven kilometers to the west and which in turn is a peninsula of the Atarnup Nunaa peninsula , on which the abandoned settlement of Tununngasoq lies five kilometers south of Iginniarfik . Each peninsula is part of a different peninsula, which ultimately connects the approximately 75 km wide southern part of the Kangaatsiaq archipelago with the mainland via an isthmus that is only 600 m wide at its thinnest point. While Alanngorsua connects to the north and the peninsula to the south, Tasiusaq Ilorleq bay, separated by the peninsula and connected to the Ataneq fjord via Tasiusaq Silarleq bay, is to the east . West of Iginniarfik are the two bays of Ilerrit Ataat and Kangilinerput , separated by a small cape , together part of the Aterput bay , which also belongs to the Ataneq.

history

It is believed that the British explorer James Hall sailed the Iginniarfik area in the early 17th century. His descriptions of geography fit well.

The area was densely populated in the 18th century, even if Iginniarfik itself was probably uninhabited, but the area died out due to the epidemic of 1785/86. Since Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort considered the area to be the best hunting ground in the colonial district, a yarn catching and trading experiment was set up in Iginniarfik in 1798, but this had to be abandoned because of the smallpox epidemic in 1800. However, around 1825 the plan could be realized and Iginniarfik became an Udsted (possibly not until 1850). In 1850 the residential areas Aalatsivik , Niaqornaarsuk , Tununngasoq , Tasiusaarsuk and Narsaarsuk belonged to Iginniarfik.

In 1915 51 people lived in Iginniarfik. Among them were eight hunters, a Danish Udsteds administrator and a midwife. The office of catechist was performed by a hunter. There were six residential buildings, an apartment for the Udsteds administrator from 1869, which had been built as a multi-storey building from the materials of the old pastor's apartment in Ilulissat , a shop that had been built in 1898 as a timber-framed building, a bacon house from 1853 and a packing house from 1838, which, according to the year of construction, was originally in a different location. The school chapel was built in 1872, was a half-timbered building with a peat wall facade and internal wood paneling and roofing felt. In 1923 consideration was given to giving Udsteds status to Niaqornaarsuk , but this was not done. Between 1925 and 1944 a new school chapel, a shop and two fish houses were built. In 1946 a proposal was made to move the salt works to Tununngasoq , which also did not happen. There were 13 fishermen in Iginniarfik in 1952, but nowhere in Greenland was so little fish caught as in Iginniarfik - 734 kg of cod per fisherman.

Until 1950 Iginniarfik was a municipality to which the residential areas Tununngasoq , Nattoralik , Ikerasaarsuk , Aalatsivik and Niaqornaarsuk also belonged. The community was part of the colonial district of Egedesminde and belonged to the 1st regional council constituency of North Greenland. Iginniarfik was part of the parish of Aasiaat and belonged to the southern upper catechetical district of, with Niaqornaarsuk and Aalatsivik belonging to a different district. After 1950 Iginniarfik came to the Kangaatsiaq community .

economy

The population lives mainly from fishing and hunting, but there is no related industry in Iginniarfik. Other jobs are the school and services.

Infrastructure and supply

The port of Iginniarfik consists of a pier that protrudes into the bay of Kangilinerput. There is shipping traffic with Kangaatsiaq and Aasiaat from May to October. Via the Iginniarfik heliport , Air Greenland also connects the town with the surrounding area by air in winter and spring. There are only a few paths in town and most of the buildings are free.

The water supply in Iginniarfik comes from the Tasersuaq south of Iginniarfik. A power station supplies the place with electricity. There are no sewers and garbage is dumped. TELE Greenland is responsible for the telecommunications supply.

Development

The Atuarfik Iginniarfik school , the chapel and the infirmary are all in one building. A Pilersuisoq branch supplies the residents with food. There is also a village office in the village. The meeting building is the old school building. There is also a soccer field in the south.

Sons and daughters

• Abel Frederiksen (1881–?), Provincial Councilor
• Kasper Frederiksen (1890–?), National Councilor

Population development

The population of Iginniarfik increased until about the turn of the millennium and has since then remained constant at around 80 after a small drop.

Web links

Commons : Iginniarfik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ^ ^{A b c} Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Egedesminde district. De grandson Bopladser. Udstedet Igíniarfik . 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. 80 ff . ( 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. 126 f .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Iginniarfik at qaasuitsup-kp.cowi.webhouse.dk
5. ↑ Population of Iginniarfik 1977–2020 at bank.stat.gl