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Tasiusaq, Avannaata

Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Summary

Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Field	Value
name	Tasiusaq
image_skyline	Tasiusaq-upernavik-archipelago.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Wooden houses in Tasiusaq
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Avannaata
population_as_of	2020
population_total	252
timezone1	Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1	−02:00
timezone1_DST	Western Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST	−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3962 Upernavik

Tasiusaq is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 252 inhabitants in 2020. In Kalaallisut, the name means "looks like a lake".

Upernavik Archipelago

Main article: Upernavik Archipelago

Tasiusaq is located on Tasiusaq Island within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately to the southern end of Melville Bay () in the north at approximately .

Population

Tasiusaq is one of the few settlements in the Avannaata municipality exhibiting significant growth patterns over the course of the last two decades, increasing by nearly half relative to the 1990 levels and by over 7 percent relative to the 2000 levels.

Transport

During weekdays Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from Tasiusaq Heliport to Innaarsuit Heliport and to Upernavik Airport.

References

"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
[http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)
[http://airgreenland.com/ankomster__afgange/ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-03-09)

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