Itilleq
Sign in to saveItilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.
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Place details
- Locality
- Itilleq
- Region
- Qeqqata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 89
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Itilleq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Itilleq On Foot (26636619482).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Udstedholm (Itilleq) in April 2016
- 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 Qeqqata
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
Key dates
- Inception
- 1847
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- Notable residents
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Itilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.
== History == Itilleq was founded in 1847 on another island, but was later moved 1 kilometer east to its present location.