| City of Nuuk, Greenland | |
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| Nickname: Godthåb | |
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| Province | Greenland |
| Municipality | Nuuk Municipality |
| First Settled | 2000 B. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. C. |
| Incorporated | 1728 |
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| - Mayor | Nikolaj Heinrich (Siumut) |
| Population (January, 2007) | |
| - City | 15,047 |
| - Metro | 15,047 |
| City and Metropolitan population is co-extensive, The entire Metro area belongs to Nuuk City. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central | |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (UTC-3) |
| Website: Nuuk Municipal Website | |
Nuuk (or Godthåb) is the capital and largest city of Greenland. Areas using UTC−3 Single zone countries without DST Suriname Single zone countries with DST Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the It is located at the mouth of the Nuup Kangerlua (or in Danish "Godthåbsfjorden") inlet on the west coast of Greenland, about 240 km (150 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, at approximately . The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. [1] It has a population of 15,047 (as of January 2007), of whom 11,862 were born in Greenland. [2]
The city is commonly known as Godthåb in Danish, although since home rule was enacted in 1979, the official name of the city is its Greenlandic name of Nuuk. It is also the seat of government for the municipality of Nuuk, which encompasses about 100,000 km² (39,000 square miles) of Greenland.
In January of 2006, Nuuk joined with four other municipalities and now has a collective area of 635,000 square kilometers, making it one of the largest municipalities in the world by land area. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. However, its population of just over 15,000 people makes it also one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population.
Nuuk is home to the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik). The University of Greenland (locally known as Ilisimatusarfik) is a University located in Nuuk, Greenland. Air services to the city are operated by Air Greenland. Air Greenland Inc is the regional
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History
The site has a long history of different inhabitation: first by the ancient Inuit people known as the Saqqaq culture around 2000 B. The Saqqaq culture (named after the settlement Saqqaq, the site of many archaeological finds was a Paleo-Eskimo culture in Greenland. C. , later by Viking explorers in the 10th century, and shortly thereafter by Inuit peoples. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Inuit and Vikings lived together in this area from around 1000 A. D. until around 1500 A. D. , when human habitation suddenly stopped, most likely due to change in climate and vegetation.
The city was founded in 1728 by the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, and given the name Godthåb (Good Hope). Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Hans Poulsen Egede ( January 31, 1686, Harstad, Northern Norway &ndash November 5, 1758, Falster, Denmark However, Hans Egede had arrived at a place he called Colony of Hope close to the already existing Inuit population living in Kangeq. Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting At this time, Greenland was a Norwegian colony under the Dano-Norwegian Crown, but the colony had not had any contact with Norway proper for more than two centuries. This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. Denmark–Norway ( Danish: Danmark-Norge Norwegian: Danmark-Norge or Danmark-Noreg is the historiographical name for a former political entity union
Today, Nuuk, like the rest of Greenland, is populated by Inuit and Danes. The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants
Universities
- University of Greenland
- Nuuk Technical College
- The Greenlandic School of Journalism
- The College of Education
Climate
Nuuk has a moderate polar climate with a yearly average temperature of −1 °C (30 °F). Regions with a polar climate are characterized by a lack of warm summers (specifically no month having an average temperature of 10 °C or higher The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 18 °C (64 °F) is exceeded on average only once per year, with 24. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 2 °C (76 °F) being the highest recorded temperature and −29. 5 °C (−21 °F) being the lowest[3]. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724
| Location | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
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| Nuuk | -4. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to 4 | -4. 5 | -4. 8 | -0. 8 | 3. 5 | 7. 7 | 10. 6 | 9. 9 | 6. 3 | 1. 7 | -1. 0 | -3. 3 | 1. 74 | Mean Daily High |
| -10. 1 | -10. 6 | -10. 6 | -6. 1 | -1. 5 | 1. 3 | 3. 8 | 3. 8 | 1. 6 | -2. 5 | -5. 8 | -8. 7 | -3. 89 | Mean Daily Low | |
| 39 | 47 | 50 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 82 | 89 | 88 | 70 | 74 | 54 | 756 | Precipitation |
Sport
- Godthåbhallen - Nuuk handball stadium
Notable people from Nuuk
- Jesper Grønkjær, professional football winger, was born in Nuuk. Godthåbhallen is a Handball Stadium in Nuuk, Greenland. It is the home of the Greenland national handball team Jesper Grønkjær (born 12 August, 1977 in Nuuk, Greenland) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In certain sports such as football, Field hockey, Ice hockey, handball, Rugby union, and Rugby league, the term winger He has played for the FC Copenhagen, VfB Stuttgart, Ajax, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, and Danish International teams. FC Copenhagen ( Danish: FC København, or FCK in short is a Danish football team located in Copenhagen. Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e V, commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German Sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in the Primera División of La Liga. The Denmark national football team is controlled by the Danish Football Association and has represented the country of Denmark in international football
See also
Gallery
 Godthaab's fjord |
Twin Towns
Cuxhaven, Germany
Aalborg, Denmark
Vantaa, Finland
Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
Notes and references
- ^ Municipality information. De grønlandske kommuners Landsforening, KANUKOKA
- ^ Grønlands Statistik; see especially this pdf. Agnethe Davidsen ( 29 August 1947, Nuuk - 25 November 2007, Nuuk was the first female government minister in Greenland Kapisillit is a settlement in West Greenland in the municipality of Nuuk. Nuuk Airport (or Godthaab/Nuuk Airport, Kalaallisut: Mittarfik Nuuk (the sole official name Danish: Nuuk lufthavn) is located Sermitsiaq ( Saddle Mountain) is the name of a mountain near Nuuk and the name of one of the two national newspapers in Greenland. Kingittorsuaq or Kingigtorssuaq is two localities in Greenland: An island near Upernavik, where the Kingigtorssuaq Runestone was A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Cuxhaven is a large independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Aalborg ( IPA ˈʌlb̥ɒːˀ is a city in Denmark. Its population as of 2006 is 121540 making it the fourth largest in the country after Copenhagen, Geography Location Vantaa encompasses 243 km² of which 190 km² is water Tiverton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States
- ^ Extreme temperature records since 1850
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