Qasigiannguit
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Qasigiannguit (), also known as Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The main industry is shrimp and halibut fishing.
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Place details
- Locality
- Qasigiannguit
- Region
- Qeqertalik
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 1,081
- Timezone
- America/Nuuk
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qasigiannguit
- Settlement.other_name
- Christianshåb
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qasigiannguit-aerial.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Qasigiannguit
- 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
- 1734
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 952
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Qasigiannguit
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Qeqertalik
- Population
- 1105
- Area
- 2.77
- Capital of
- Qasigiannguit municipality
- Image
- Qasigiannguit-aerial.jpg
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Qasigiannguit (), also known as Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The main industry is shrimp and halibut fishing.
== History == left|thumb|Portrait of Christian VI of Denmark|Christian VI by [[Johann Salomon Wahl who had Christianshåb named in his honour]] The settlement was founded as a trading post for Jacob Severin's company in 1734 and named Christianshaab in honour of King Christian VI of Denmark. The name was sometimes anglicized as '''Christian's Hope'''.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qasigiannguit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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