Aasiaat
Egedesminde | |
|---|---|
 Aasiaat harbor | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Aasiaat Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 68°42′35″N 52°52′10″W / 68.70972°N 52.86944°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Qeqertalik |
| Founded | 1759 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ole Dorph (S) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 3,069[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3950 |
Aasiaat (Greenlandic pronunciation: [aːsiaːt]) or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on its namesake island in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 2,980 as of 2021, it is Greenland's fifth-largest town.[1]
- ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ qaasuitsup.gl Archived August 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine