Maniitsoq
Sukkertoppen | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Maniitsoq | |
  Maniitsoq Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 65°25′00″N 52°54′00″W / 65.41667°N 52.90000°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Qeqqata |
| Founded | 1782 |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,534[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3912 |
| Website | maniitsoq.gl |
Maniitsoq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [maniːtsːɔq]),[2][3][4] is a town in Maniitsoq Island, western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020[update],[1] it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland.
- ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ The pre-1973 spelling was Manîtsoq or Mannétsoĸ. The name means "Place of Rugged Terrain".
- ^ Ross, James. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. A.W. Webster, 1835.
- ^ Air Greenland. "Maniitsoq Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine".