Saqqaa

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Saqqaa (its sunny side)
Sarĸâ
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Qaqortoq
Geographical location 60 ° 50 '47 "  N , 45 ° 22' 14"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 50 '47 "  N , 45 ° 22' 14"  W.
Saqqaa (Greenland)
Saqqaa
Residents 2
(2013)
Time zone UTC-3

Saqqaa [ sɑˈqːaː ] (according to the old spelling Sarĸâ ) is a Greenlandic shepherd settlement in the district of Qaqortoq in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Saqqaa is located in the Tasikuluulik lake area, right between the Saqqaata Tasia lake and Skyggesø . The next shepherd's settlement , Tasilikulooq , is 2.3 km to the southwest , while it is 16 km to the north to Igaliku , the nearest larger town. The settlement is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kujataa and has ruins of the Grænlendingar .

Population development

Saqqaa has only been inhabited since 1996 and since then has had a maximum of six residents. The last known population of the shepherd settlements was for 2013. Saqqaa is statistically listed under "Farms at Eqalugaarsuit".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ↑ Nomination to UNESCO's World Heritage List - Kujataa - a subarctic farming landscape in Greenland (nomination of the Kujataa region for the UNESCO World Heritage List) (.pdf)
  3. ↑ Lokaliteter i Grønland at stat.gl (.pdf)