Ammassivik
Sign in to saveAmmassivik (old spelling: Angmagssivik) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The modern name is the Kalaallisut for "where you catch ammassaat (capelin)". Its population was 74 in 2010. As of 1 January 2024, its population was 32.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ammassivik
- Region
- Kujalleq
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 32
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ammassivik
- Settlement.other_name
- Sletten
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ammassivik church 1892.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The church in Ammassivik, 1892
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Kujalleq
- Settlement.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Official name
- Sletten
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Kujalleq
- Population
- +34
- Area
- +0.51
- Elevation
- +22
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Image
- Ammassivik church 1892.jpg
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Article
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- Geography
- Population
- References
Ammassivik (old spelling: Angmagssivik) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The modern name is the Kalaallisut for "where you catch ammassaat (capelin)". Its population was 74 in 2010. As of 1 January 2024, its population was 32.
The settlement was founded in 1889 as Sletten. In 1899, a school the Isak Lundip atuarfia was built in the settlement by Danish missionaries. The school had 6 students in 2005.