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Kapisillit

Settlement in Greenland

Summary

Settlement in Greenland

FieldValue
nameKapisillit
other_nameLakskaj
image_skylineKapisillit.jpg
pushpin_mapGreenland
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize300
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameKingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1Constituent country
subdivision_name1Greenland
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2[[File:Sermersooq-coat-of-arms.png22px]] Sermersooq
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMorten Johnsen
population_as_of2025
population_total52
timezone1Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1−02:00
timezone1_DSTWestern Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code3900 Nuuk

Kapisillit (Danish: Lakskaj) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 43 inhabitants in 2024. Kapisillit means "the salmon" in the Greenlandic language (). The name refers to the belief that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.

Geography

Kapisillit is located 75 km northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq, one of the tributary fjords of the 160 km long, Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.

Economy

The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.

Transport

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.

Population

The population of Kapisillit has declined by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since. As of 1 January 2024, the settlement had 43 inhabitants.

References

References

  1. [http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/politik/folkevalgte/bygdebestyrelser.aspx Sermersooq Municipality] {{webarchive. link. (2010-05-06 {{in lang). da
  2. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  3. O'Carroll, Etain. (2005). "Greenland and the Arctic". Lonely Planet.
  4. "Settlements". Nuuk Tourism.
  5. O'Carroll, Etain. (2005). "Greenland and the Arctic". Lonely Planet.
  6. "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
  7. [http://knr.gl/da/nyheder/kapisillit-vej-skal-booste-turismen Kapisillit-vej skal booste turismen]
  8. [http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)
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