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Saarloq

Field	Value
name	Saarloq
image_skyline	Saarloq 2.JPG
imagesize	300px
settlement_type	Settlement
image_caption	Saarloq
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_relief	yes
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	[[File:Kujalleq-coat-of-arms.svg	22px]] Kujalleq
government_footnotes	{{cite web
title	Kujalleq Municipality
language	da
url	http://kujalleq.gl/dansk/by/10-13.htm
publisher	Kujalleq Municipality
access-date	April 17, 2011
archive-date	February 13, 2013
archive-url	https://archive.today/20130213173917/http://kujalleq.gl/dansk/by/10-13.htm
url-status	dead
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Jenseeraq Hansen
population_as_of	2025
population_total	27
timezone1	WGT
utc_offset1	−02:00
timezone1_DST	WGST
utc_offset1_DST	−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3920 Qaqortoq
elevation_ft	3

| access-date = April 17, 2011 | archive-date = February 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130213173917/http://kujalleq.gl/dansk/by/10-13.htm | url-status = dead

Saarloq is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Its population was 21 in 2020. It is located on a small island with the same name off the Labrador Sea coast, at the mouth of the Qaqortoq Fjord, west of Alluitsup Paa and 20 km south of Qaqortoq.

The settlement is the southernmost of the three settlements—along Eqalugaarsuit and Qassimiut—that made up the former Qaqortoq municipality. The settlements are presently governed by a joint settlement council.

On 1 January 2009 the settlement became part of the Kujalleq municipality, when the Narsaq, Qaqortoq, and Nanortalik municipalities ceased to exist.

Transport

Main article: Saarloq Heliport

The village is served by the Saarloq Heliport. Air Greenland district helicopters link the settlement with Nanortalik, and further to Qaqortoq and Narsarsuaq.

Infrastructure and communications

The settlement has its own church, and a school—Atuarfik Saarloq, Greenlandic for "school of Saarloq"—with 5 to 6 pupils.

There are no cars in the settlement, and there is no heliport; weekly helicopter connections land on a tundra plain. Further transportation is by sea. Internet and phone communications are provided by the Home Rule government.

Drinking water is provided by desalination of the sea water. The settlement has three 1,100 liter fresh water tanks for this purpose.

Population

Most towns and settlements in southern Greenland exhibit negative growth patterns over the last two decades, with many settlements rapidly depopulating. The population of Saarloq has decreased nearly a half relative to the 1990 levels, by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels.{{cite web |access-date = April 17, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110812052835/http://bank2.stat.gl/ |archive-date = August 12, 2011

References

[http://sermitsiaq.gl/politik/article79683.ece Sermitsiaq, 2009/05/23] {{in lang. da
"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
"Booking system". Air Greenland.

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