Kapisillit
Kapisillit
Lakskaj | |
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| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | File:Sermersooq-coat-of-arms.png Sermersooq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Morten Johnsen |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 52 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3900 Nuuk |
Kapisillit (Danish: Lakskaj) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 43 inhabitants in 2024.[2] Kapisillit means "the salmon" in the Greenlandic language (Danish: laks, laksen).[3] The name refers to the belief that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.[4]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Kapisillit is located 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[5] one of the tributary fjords of the 160 km (99.4 mi) long,[6] Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.[6]
Economy
[edit | edit source]The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.
Transport
[edit | edit source]Transport to Kapisillit is done by boat. Helicopter is sometimes used. There is no road from outside to Kapisillit, although there are plans to build a simple road from Nuuk to Kapisillit.[7]
Population
[edit | edit source]The population of Kapisillit has declined by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[8] As of 1 January 2024, the settlement had 43 inhabitants
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sermersooq Municipality Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
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- ^ Kapisillit-vej skal booste turismen
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
