Timerliit
| Timerliit (the innermost) | ||
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| Timerdlît | ||
| Commune | Kujalleq municipality | |
| District | Narsaq | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 51 ′ 19 ″ N , 45 ° 18 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| Residents | 4 (2013) |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 | |
Timerliit [ tˢiˌmɜˈɬːiːtˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Timerdlît ) is a Greenlandic shepherd settlement in the district of Narsaq in the municipality of Kujalleq .
location
Timerliit lies in the middle of the Tasikuluulik (Vatnahverfi) lake area , surrounded by other shepherd settlements. The next larger town is Igaliku , which is 16 km north. The settlement is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kujataa and has ruins of the Grænlendingar . Timerliit is also the only settlement in Greenland where cattle are kept.
Population development
Timerliit has only been inhabited since 1992. The settlement now had a dozen residents, but the last count was only four. The last known population of the shepherd settlements was for 2013. Timerliit is statistically listed under "Farms near Igaliku".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Lokaliteter i Grønland at stat.gl (.pdf)