Paakitsoq

Paakitsoq (the one with a small mouth)
Pâkitsoĸ
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Ilulissat
Geographical location	69 ° 30 '49 "  N , 50 ° 43' 42"  W Coordinates: 69 ° 30 '49 "  N , 50 ° 43' 42"  W.
Residents	0 (1903)
founding	1832
Time zone	UTC-3

Paakitsoq [ ˈpaːˌkit͡sɔq ] (according to the old spelling Pâkitsoĸ ) is a desolate Greenlandic settlement in the Ilulissat district in Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Paakitsoq located on the north coast of a small fjord same name , the through Paakitsup Ilorlia is fed, the at the hydroelectric plant of Ilulissat located. Paakitsoq is located 22 km northeast of Oqaatsut and 36 km northeast of Ilulissat.

history

Paakitsoq was founded as Udsted in 1832 . At that time it was the first Udsted in the colonial district. The colony had been too densely populated for some of the residents to find new hunting and living quarters. Although the hunting conditions were good, Paakitsoq was never economically successful. In 1870 there were only two houses, which made the place a very small Udsted and a short time later the Udsted status was revoked, so that the place was only a place to live. In 1902 Paakitsoq was given up.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 149 .