Tasiusaq | |
|---|---|
 Tasiusaq | |
  Tasiusaq Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 60°11′35″N 44°49′11″W / 60.19306°N 44.81972°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Kujalleq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Karta Korneliussen |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 53 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3922 Nanortalik |
Tasiusaq is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, founded in 1933. It is located at the Tasermiut Fjord[2] (Danish: Ketils Fjord), east of Nanortalik. Its population was 53 in 2020.[3] In the Greenlandic language, the name of the settlement means "like a lake", referring to the lake-looking bay it's situated on. The inhabitants call it "Tasiisaq", which is the local dialect.
There are several sheep farms in the wider Tasiusaq area; the farms of Nalasut with 10 inhabitants, Saputit with 3 inhabitants, and Nuugaarsuk with four inhabitants.
Until January 2009 the settlement belonged to the Nanortalik municipality. On 1 January 2009 the settlement became part of the Kujalleq municipality, when the Narsaq, Qaqortoq, and Nanortalik municipalities ceased to exist as administrative entities.
- ^ Kujalleq Municipality Archived 2013-02-13 at archive.today (in Danish)
- ^ "Greenland Photos". GreenlandPhotos.net. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.