Kitsissuarsuit
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Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: Kitsigsuarssuit) is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or '''Dog's Island''', although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817. Its population was 50 in 2020.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in GL, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Kitsissuarsuit is referenced by 87 other articles, and connects out to Danish Realm, administrative territorial entity of Greenland and Greenland.
It sits within the topics 1830 establishments in Greenland, Disko Bay and Populated places established in 1830.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Kitsissuarsuit
- Region
- GL.05
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 50
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kitsissuarsuit
- Settlement.other_name
- Hunde Ejlande
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kitsissuarsuit.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kitsissuarsuit
- 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
- Qeqertalik
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1830
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 55
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Qeqertalik
- Population
- 53
- Area
- 0.79
- Image
- Kitsissuarsuit.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kitsissuarsuit
- inception
- 1830-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Transport
- Air
- Sea
- Population
- References
Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: Kitsigsuarssuit) is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or '''Dog's Island''', although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817. Its population was 50 in 2020.
== Geography == Kitsissuarsuit is located on a small, island in southern Disko Bay, north of Aasiaat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kitsissuarsuit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations