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Ilimanaq
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Ilimanaq (), also known in Danish as Claushavn, is a settlement in Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. It had 55 inhabitants in 2025. The modern name of the village is Kalaallisut for "Place of Expectations".

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Place details

Locality
Ilimanaq
Region
GL.05
Country
Kalaallit Nunaat
Population
84

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Ilimanaq
Settlement.other_name
Claushavn
Settlement.image_skyline
Ilimanaq-aerial.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Aerial view of Ilimanaq
Settlement.pushpin_map
Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Greenland
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous country
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Avannaata
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Fritz Johansen
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1741
Settlement.population_as_of
1 January 2025
Settlement.population_total
55

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Greenland
Located in
Avannaata
Population
57
Area
0.69
Time zone
UTC−03:00
Image
Ilimanaq-aerial.jpg
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Commons category
Ilimanaq
inception
1741-00-00
postal code
3952
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • History
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
  • Air
  • Sea
  • Population
  • References

Ilimanaq (), also known in Danish as Claushavn, is a settlement in Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. It had 55 inhabitants in 2025. The modern name of the village is Kalaallisut for "Place of Expectations".

== Geography ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ilimanaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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