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1186:). The average high temperature is 10 °C (50 °F) or lower throughout the year. The coldest months on average are February and March which have average highs of −10.2 °C (13.6 °F) and −10.1 °C (13.8 °F) respectively. The warmest months are July and August which have average highs of 9.8 °C (49.6 °F) and 9.3 °C (48.7 °F) respectively and are the only months of the year in which the average lows are above 1 °C (34 °F), both at 3.3 °C (37.9 °F). Precipitation is very low in Sisimiut, with the greatest amount of rainfall occurring in the second half of the year, between July and December, with August and September being the wettest months. The sea winds from Davis Strait moderate the climate, with the area known for its 910: 2385: 2035:. The Royal Greenland fish processing plant at the port is the largest within Greenland and is amongst the most modern shrimp-shelling factories in the world. In 2008, supplied by 8 boats and the factory trawlers, the plant processed an annual amount of 20,180 tons of shrimp, around 1,680 tons per month. This was roughly constant throughout the year, although when fish catches were larger the fish was frozen. The plant eventually sold around 6,019 tonnes of shrimp. Hunting is also important to some of the local livelihoods, mainly 233: 204: 1019: 186: 35: 2371: 2136: 2326: 175: 2209: 193: 157: 139: 5589: 2510: 304: 1920: 2532: 1109: 643: 2260: 1965: 2063: 146: 128: 5226: 1956: 2124:, the second-largest town in the municipality, is another proposed location alongside Sisimiut. The plant would provide employment for 600–700 people, or more than 10% of the population. As it is a vital decision for the town, wide public consultations were carried out in 2008–2010 by both the town authorities and the Government of Greenland in order to address potential environmental and social concerns. The 762: 753: 1163:
cone at 784 m (2,572 ft). The ridge terminates in a 611 m (2,005 ft) trabant overlooking Sisimiut. To the east the ridge gradually falls to nearly 300 m (980 ft), before turning east-north-east towards the Aappilattorsuaq massif. The southern wall of Nasaasaaq falls directly to Amerloq Fjord. The northern wall is not a uniform surface, dissected by ledges, dihedrals, and ramps.
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southern wall of Nasaasaaq. The main summit is visited for its long-range view of the coast, although more limited to the north than that of Palasip Qaqqaa to the north of the town airport. An alternative route to the top of interest to mountaineers leads through the hard to find low pass to the east of the main summit, and from there directly on the summit cone ridge.
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In the 2000s construction of the 170 km (110 mi) road to Kangerlussuaq has been discussed for several years. The road would be the first of its kind in Greenland, connecting two far-away settlements, and reducing the need for passenger and freight exchange at Kangerlussuaq Airport, the Air
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The museum also hosts a collection of tools and domestic items collected during 1902–22, an inventory from the Old Church with the original altarpiece dated to approximately 1650, and paintings from the 1790s. The peat house reconstruction of an early 20th-century Greenlandic residence with domestic
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Unlike in Nuuk, the modern environmentally friendly construction technologies have not yet arrived to Sisimiut, and in 2010 the existing communal-block district remained in a state of partial disrepair. The Qeqqata municipality however is planning the town expansion in the 2010s, with the area north
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To the southeast, the valley is bounded by the Nasaasaaq massif with several distinct summits, the highest of which is 784 m (2,572 ft). The Nasaasaaq ridge has several summits. The main summit is the most prominent, rising over the remainder of the ridge in a tall 150 m (490 ft)
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in the country and it uses Greenlandic ingredients cooked in the Chinese style. The town has a heated open-air swimming pool, which is supported on stilts so that the heat does not melt the permafrost. Several camping sites are located in Sisimiut valley and near the Kangerluarsunnguaq bay. During
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Although rainfall is low, Sismiut has abundant natural supplies of fresh, drinkable surface water, collected from a reservoir under Alanngorsuaq. Water is also pumped to the waterworks from another lake around 2.5 kilometers away in the mountains. The water mains are preinsulated and electrically
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With 5,582 inhabitants in 2020, Sisimiut is one of the fastest-growing towns in Greenland, with migrants from the smaller settlements reinforcing the trend. Apart from Kangerlussuaq, it is the only settlement in the Qeqqata municipality exhibiting stable growth patterns over the last two decades.
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in Greenland, have their base in Sisimiut. Architecturally, Sisimiut is a mix of traditional, single-family houses, and communal housing, with apartment blocks raised in the 1960s during a period of town expansion in Greenland. Sisimiut is still expanding, with the area north of the port, on the
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is located 4.1 km (2.5 mi) to the northwest of the town, at the mouth of the Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay. Before the airport was opened in the 1990s, Sisimiut had been served by the now-closed heliport, located on the eastern outskirts of the town, in the Sisimiut valley. The airport has a
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The main access route to the summit leads through one of the ramps to the saddle between the main summit and its western trabant. The passage on the top cone is secured by ropes for unprepared tourists. One of the variants of the Polar Route follows the coast of Amerloq Fjord at the base of the
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distribution company, is headquartered in Sisimiut. It employs 70 staff and operates 70 stations in Greenland. The headquarters were moved from Maniitsoq to Sisimiut in the late 2000s. In 2010 KNI announced plans to also move the operational base of Polaroil from Maniitsoq to Sisimiut, causing
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Several 18th-century buildings still stand in Sisimiut, among them the 1725 Gammelhuset ("Old House") and the 1775 Bethel-kirken ("Bethel Church") or Blå Kirke ("Blue Church"), the oldest surviving church in Greenland. The buildings were moved from the former site of the settlement at Ukiivik
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heated to supply the residents during the winter months. The water supply network is capable of producing some 882,000 cubic meters of water per year; two water-supplying lakes by the town have a combined annual minimum capacity of more than 7.2 million cubic meters.
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for a proper paved road prevented construction, but instead a decision was made to build a very simple gravel road for terrain adapted vehicles. The road was in construction along the route during 2021 and was finished all the way during 2022, at a cost of 25 million
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is evident in Sisimiut, with men consistently outnumbering women during the last two decades, running from 20% in 1991, to 13% in 2000 and 2010. Nearly 10% of the town's inhabitants in 2010 were born outside Greenland, a decline from 16.5% in 1990 and 11.8% in 2000.
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specializes in Greenlandic trade, industry and shipping, with artifacts based on ten years of archaeological research and excavations of the ancient Saqqaq culture settlements near the town, offering an insight into the culture of the region of 4,000 years ago.
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massif in the north, at the southern foot of which the town airport is located. The 544 m (1,785 ft) high twin summit commands a wide view in all directions, with the majority of the coast of the Qeqqata municipality visible in good conditions.
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Research at the Asummiut excavation site near the airport has uncovered the changing settlement pattern, exhibiting transition from the single-family dwellings to tiny villages of several families. The types of dwelling varied from
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After several hundred years of no permanent habitation, the second wave of migration arrived from Canada, bringing the Dorset people to western Greenland. The first wave of immigrants, known as Dorset I, arrived around 500
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during the first wave of immigration, occupying numerous sites on the coast of western Greenland. At that time, the shoreline was up to several dozen meters above the present line, gradually decreasing in time due to
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Roads in Sisimiut, including the road to the airport, are surfaced, but there is no proper road linking Sisimiut to any other settlement, like in all of Greenland. The town has its own bus network. In winter
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Iliveq, a prehistoric Inuit stone grave near Sisimiut Airport. It is located on a hill above the airport built at the current sea level, near the small sand dunes of what used to have been the shoreline.
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from the 18th century and the Poul Madsen collection, a collection of handcraft, art, house items and ethnographic objects compiled over fifty years. The Greenlandic stone exhibition is housed in the
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hunting as a coordinated effort of either villagers or groups of more loosely related individuals, with gathering places in proximity of the hunting grounds being found. Despite recent advances in
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research based on hair samples from the ancient Saqqaq migrants (which gives insight into their origin), the reason for the decline and subsequent disappearance of the culture are not yet known.
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are, as a more modern approach, also used. Transport within a town is usually done by foot, although both private cars and the city bus – which drives loops through town – are popular.
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valley alongside which leads the Polar Route from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq. Depending on variants, the route is between 150 km (93 mi) and 170 km (110 mi) long.
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In the middle of the valley towers a standalone Alanngorsuaq mountain (411 m (1,348 ft)), surrounded by several lakes, one of which serves Sisimiut town as a water
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descendants form the majority of the current population. Artifacts from the early settlement era can be found throughout the region, favored in the past for its plentiful
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in the country, a shipping base for western and northwestern Greenland. Supply ships head from the commercial port towards smaller settlements in more remote regions of
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epidemic decimated the population of Sisimiut and other coastal settlements, although the population growth quickly resumed due to plentiful marine life on the coast.
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To the east, a wide valley extends into the interior of the peninsula, bounded from the north by the conjoint massif of Palasip Qaqqaa and Majoriaq, dissected by the
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The churches in the Sisimiut centre—the old and the new—are immediate neighbors, with one overlooking the other. Left: Bethel Church (1775). Right: New church (1926)
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in Greenland, are based in Sisimiut. The Pilersuisoq chain operates in all small settlements in the country, as well as smaller towns which are not covered by
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in 1924, the first such factory in Greenland. Fishing remains the primary occupation of Sisimiut inhabitants, with the town becoming the leading centre of
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in Copenhagen which underwrote and directed the missionary work in the colony. At the time of its founding, the Kalaallisut name of the place was
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Municipality on 1 January 2009, with Sisimiut retaining its status as the administrative centre of the new unit, consisting also of the former
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region, while the further to the south, the poorer the finds, disappearing completely on the coast of Labrador Sea in southwestern Greenland.
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was particularly attractive for migrants, and due to a large number of historical artifacts it is currently listed as a candidate for the
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Left: Greenland's National Day celebrations on 21 June 2010, the first anniversary of the establishment of Self Rule in 2009, after the
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providing subsistence for the early hunting societies. The population of modern Greenlanders in Sisimiut is a mix of the Inuit and
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Tourism is becoming increasingly important, with several outfitter companies based in town. Year-round operations offered include
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The Stone Age of Qeqertarsuup Tunua (Disko Bugt): A regional analysis of the Saqqaq and Dorset Cultures of Central West Greenland
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of power and the electricity from the plant is transferred to Sisimiut by a 27.4 km (17.0 mi) long high voltage line.
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in the west. Both the local port and the local sailing harbor are located on the southern shore of the bay. The 2.2 
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protests in the former community already experiencing depopulation. Other facilities include two banks, a library, a
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from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq. The race was inaugurated in 1998, since then becoming an international competition.
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Sisimiut is located approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of Nuuk, and 75 km (47 mi) north of the
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heads and numerous animal bones. The largest number of Dorset culture artifacts can be found further north in the
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winter, a ski lift operates at the foot of the Alanngorsuaq mountain, at the base of the northern slopes of
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of the Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay reserved for real estate. The new neighborhood will bear the name Akia.
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Most families in Sisimiut live in single-family houses, most often the traditional colorful wooden
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Immediately to the north of Sisimiut a small inlet of Davis Strait, the Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay (
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The shoreline was still at a higher altitude than today, with the Sisimiut valley east of the
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was granted a full monopoly on the Greenlandic trade and permitted to act as an agent of the
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shipped from Denmark, and almost always raised or supported by a concrete foundation due to
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to independent outlets, also serving supplies to the smaller settlements in the region.
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peoples, who first settled in the area in the 1720s, under the leadership of the Danish
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furniture is part of an outdoor exhibition. The exhibition includes the remains of a
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Sisimiut has been a settlement site for around 4,500 years, with the people of the
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Tourist facilities in Sisimiut include several youth hostels and hotels, such as
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The bay is navigable in its entirety, protected from the open sea by a series of
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Today, Sisimiut is the largest business centre north of the national capital of
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that the Dutch were finally removed in a series of battles in 1738 and 1739.
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For most of the year, Sisimiut is served twice-weekly by coastal ferries of
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airplanes. Travel outside of Greenland is routed with a change of planes at
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Source: Danish Meteorological Institute (humidity 1995–2020, sun 1980–1993)
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chains. A range of shops operate in Sisimiut, from chain supermarkets of
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which link the communities of the western coast. There is also a weekly
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Fishing is the principal industry in Sisimiut, with harvested stocks of
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is located north of the town. The plant has two turbines providing 15
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is the second cultural centre to be established in Greenland, after
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Nipisat – a Saqqaq Culture Site in Sisimiut, Central West Greenland
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The former Colonial Manager's Home, now part of the Sisimiut Museum
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The term 'city' is loosely used to describe any populated area in
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Climate data for Sisimiut (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2020)
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The city has its own bus line, and is the northernmost year-round
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Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie
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are the primary recreation areas for the people of Sisimiut.
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short, 799 m (2,621 ft) runway suitable only for
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constituting the base of the economy in the early period.
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office and a small hospital/health centre with 19 beds.
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routes are used to link to settlements further north.
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ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig
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Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition
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Change and Continuity in Denmark's Greenland Policy
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Gyldendal Uddannelse. p. 8. 2397:vessel based in Sisimiut, anchored in the port 852:dominated the area and swiftly burnt down his 5543: 5054: 4966: 4282:. Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik. Archived from 3231: 3229: 8: 3940:"Alcoa project can paralyse building sector" 3539:(in Danish). Sisimiut Town, Official Website 2676: 2674: 2267:house, reconstructed at the Sisimiut Museum. 1973:Contrasting types of housing in Sisimiut: a 4468:"Stor interesse for 'Illerngit' i Sisimiut" 4330:. Oqaatsinik Pikkorissarfik. Archived from 4252: 4250: 4248: 4246: 4244: 3846:"Alcoa holds town hall meeting in Sisimiut" 3647: 3645: 3556: 3554: 3457: 3455: 2436:, one of the largest ships in the fleet of 978:, which was then incorporated into the new 5550: 5536: 5528: 5061: 5047: 5039: 4973: 4959: 4951: 4620:(in Danish). Air Greenland. Archived from 3980:(in Danish). 25 March 2010. Archived from 3123: 3121: 3119: 3051: 3049: 3047: 1193: 986:and the previously unincorporated area of 99: 4375: 4373: 4371: 3682: 3680: 3678: 3021: 3019: 3017: 2564:, given that the most populated place is 2310:Greenland Travel Incoming's Arts n' Craft 841:settlement in the region. At the time of 829:, with the application received in 2003. 480:, is the capital and largest city of the 85:Learn how and when to remove this message 5070:Cities, towns, and villages in Greenland 3337: 3335: 3290: 3288: 3286: 3284: 3254: 3252: 2766: 2764: 2762: 2760: 2168:, located at the harbor. It is the only 4898:"AVF – Albertslund Venskabsby Forening" 4729: 4727: 4560:(in Danish). 6 May 2008. Archived from 4004:"Power supply in Sisimiut Municipality" 3508:"Commercial and Industrial Development" 3372: 3370: 3368: 2730: 2728: 2684:. Statistical Greenland. Archived from 2612: 2599:(to the port, or simply the port road). 2553: 451: 439: 405: 382: 362: 346: 294: 259: 225: 111: 4412:Arctic Archaeology, Volume 30, Issue 3 4328:"The aim of Oqaatsinik Pikkorissarfik" 3878:"Where should Alcoa plant be located?" 3214: 3212: 3210: 3208: 3206: 3204: 3202: 818:, the coastal region from Sisimiut to 97:Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark 3094:"Celebrating the Self-Government Day" 2987: 2985: 2983: 2981: 2979: 2977: 2975: 2973: 2971: 2969: 2805: 2803: 2801: 2799: 2797: 2795: 2793: 2461:Greenland hub. The cost of around €40 2349:operates scheduled services to Nuuk, 2081:, a state-owned chain of all-purpose 1058:fjord and from the south by the wide 572:, a state-owned chain of all-purpose 471: 422: 395: 387: 367: 354: 334: 314: 7: 5706:Populated places of Arctic Greenland 5696:Populated places established in 1764 4808:Vej mellem Sisimiut og Kangerlussuaq 2525:Sisimiut has friendship links with: 1112:Sisimiut valley and the lakes under 4702:"Ankomster / Afgange, Angaju Ittuk" 2621:"Nye direktører i Qeqqata Kommunea" 3886:. 21 February 2008. Archived from 899:Royal Greenland Trading Department 560:and is one of the fastest growing 50:link to broken or outdated sources 25: 4843:"Borgmesteren roser Inatsisartut" 4737:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 4354:"Udstillinger på Sisimiut Museum" 4308:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 4102:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 4076:. Greenland Guide. Archived from 4006:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 3854:. 15 January 2008. Archived from 3826:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 3774:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 3752:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 3696:. 12 January 2010. Archived from 3534:"Akia – Pilersaarusiaq Lokalplan" 3298:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 3220:Vandrekort Vestgrønland: Sisimiut 3059:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 2912:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 2884:"Early Dorset/Greenlandic Dorset" 2835:. Sisimiut Town, Official Website 2113:There are advanced plans for the 803:, reindeer, and particularly the 5587: 5224: 4050:. Hotel Sisimiut. Archived from 2530: 2508: 2491: 2383: 2369: 1963: 1954: 1918: 1887: 917: 908: 760: 751: 616:, the town airport is served by 489:second-largest city in Greenland 322: 302: 239: 238: 231: 202: 191: 184: 173: 162: 155: 144: 137: 126: 119: 33: 3948:. 13 April 2008. Archived from 3567:. clim-atic.org. Archived from 3385:Danish Meteorological Institute 3347:Danish Meteorological Institute 2581:The name derives from the word 2471: 2462: 1084:), separates the town from the 972:shrimping and shrimp processing 681:) in the north—to the coast of 4618:Air Greenland 50th Anniversary 4026:"Velkommen til Hotel Sisimiut" 3318:"Sisimiut Tourist Information" 3129:"Sisimiut Tourist Information" 1: 5701:Populated places in Greenland 5686:Cities and towns in Greenland 4504:(in Danish). 17 November 2009 4476:(in Danish). 22 November 2009 4280:"Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik" 2963:. Verlag Ludwig (Kiel), 2006. 2251:, a foreign language school. 1181:Köppen climate classification 65:or discuss this issue on the 5691:Municipal seats of Greenland 4410:Rowley-Conwy, Peter (1999). 3800:Municipality. Archived from 3343:"Klimanormaler for Grønland" 3157:Municipality. Archived from 4028:(in Danish). Hotel Sisimiut 2833:"Cultural-historical hikes" 2772:"Saqqaq culture chronology" 2629:(in Danish). 3 January 2009 2241:Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik 1670:Average precipitation days 1456:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1316:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1050:, on the eastern shores of 5722: 5018:Sisimiut Hydro Power Plant 3824:"Aluminium smelting plant" 2682:"Population by Localities" 2263:A traditional Greenlandic 2222:Knud Rasmussenip Højskolia 2212:Knud Rasmussen High School 2126:Sisimiut Hydro Power Plant 1999:Economy and infrastructure 1855: 1196: 1155: 1119: 1069: 780: 724: 649: 303: 5585: 5222: 4988: 3794:"Sisimiut Sundhedscenter" 3259:O'Carroll, Etain (2005). 2992:O'Carroll, Etain (2005). 2735:Fog Jensen, Jens (2009). 2587:(women's boat) with the - 2249:Oqaatsinik Pikkorissarfik 1927:This section needs to be 1808: 1760: 1716: 1669: 1595: 1525: 1455: 1385: 1315: 1245: 1240: 1237: 1234: 1231: 1228: 1225: 1222: 1219: 1216: 1213: 1210: 1207: 1204: 1201: 260: 252:Location within Greenland 226: 112: 5028:Taseralik Culture Center 4845:(in Danish). 15 May 2019 4532:(in Danish). 22 May 2009 4524:"Operasucces i Sisimiut" 4306:"Training and education" 4149:"Activities in Sisimiut" 3466:Population in localities 3406:"Klimanormaler Grønland" 3261:Greenland and the Arctic 2994:Greenland and the Arctic 2499:Albertslund Municipality 2298:Taseralik Culture Centre 587:Taseralik Culture Centre 515:Beboerne ved rævehulerne 4927:Canterbury City Council 4444:Museum Tusculanum Press 3241:BGSS – Sisimiut Airport 3098:Government of Greenland 2741:Museum Tusculanum Press 2329:Sisimiut Airport runway 954:20th and 21st centuries 875:as the trading post of 612:in northern Greenland. 4614:"Grønlandsfly 1990–99" 4584:"Kulturdag i Sisimiut" 4496:"Slædespor i Sisimiut" 4121:Newman, Jacqueline M. 2707:Bering, Peter (2004). 2330: 2305: 2268: 2233: 2213: 2140: 2071: 2066:A street name sign in 2011: 1153: 1117: 1081: 1072:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 1066:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 1043: 1028:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 984:Maniitsoq Municipality 837:There are no signs of 812:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 678: 647: 581:reserved for a modern 579:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 514: 216:Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay 4674:"AUL, Timetable 2009" 4588:Taseralik Kulturikkut 2426:Upernavik Archipelago 2343:Kangerlussuaq Airport 2328: 2306:Taseralik Kulturikkut 2286:Bygge og Anlægsskolen 2262: 2211: 2204:Education and culture 2138: 2065: 2015:Industry and services 2006: 1148: 1111: 1021: 976:Sisimiut Municipality 958:The 20th century saw 873:General Trade Company 645: 622:Kangerlussuaq Airport 606:Upernavik Archipelago 476:), formerly known as 425: • Summer ( 280:66.93889°N 53.67222°W 5003:Misigisaq Restaurant 4552:"Rasmus i Taseralik" 4223:"Arnat Ilinniarfiat" 4197:"Arctic Circle Race" 4177:. 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Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay
Nasaasaaq
Sisimiut is located in Greenland
66°56′20″N 53°40′20″W / 66.93889°N 53.67222°W / 66.93889; -53.67222
Sovereign state
Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country
Greenland
Municipality
Qeqqata
Malik Berthelsen
Siumut

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