Igaliku
Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Igaliku is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and Greenlandic wife Tuperna. In 2020, Igaliku had 21 inhabitants.[2] The nearby Norse ruins of Garðar and the farms surrounding the town were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as part of the Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap site. [3]
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Igaliku
Garðar, Igaliko | |
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Coordinates: 60°59′16″N 45°25′15″W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Greenland |
Municipality | Kujalleq |
Founded | 1783 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Klaus Egede |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 21 |
Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
Postal code | 3921 Narsaq |
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