Qassimiut (old spellings: Qagssimiut and Kagsimiut) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement was founded in 1835 as a trading station. With a population of 20 in 2020, it is the smallest organized, permanent settlement in Greenland.[1]
Until January 2009, the settlement—along Eqalugaarsuit and Saarloq, as well as 13 sheep farms—belonged to Qaqortoq municipality. On January 1, 2009, the settlement became part of Kujalleq municipality, when the Narsaq, Qaqortoq, and Nanortalik municipalities ceased to exist. The settlements are presently governed by a joint settlement council,[2] although Qassimiut has no direct representation in the council.
^"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^"Kujalleq Municipality" (in Danish). Kujalleq Municipality. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
Qassimiut (old spellings: Qagssimiut and Kagsimiut) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement was founded in...
Qassimiut Heliport (IATA: QJH, ICAO: BGQT) is a heliport in Qassimiut, a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The heliport is considered...
for BGCH – Qasigiannguit Heliport from Naviair Greenland AIP for BGQT – Qassimiut Heliport from Naviair Greenland AIP for BGQE – Qeqertaq Heliport from...
three villages in Qaqortoq municipality – Eqalugaarsuit, Saarloq, and Qassimiut – also belong to the healthcare district of Napparsimavik Hospital. The...
tenure. Jonathan "Junnuk" Motzfeldt was born in 1938 in the settlement of Qassimiut in southern Greenland as son to the hunter Søren Motzfeldt (1902-1984)...
population of 49 in 2020. Until January 2009, the settlement — along Qassimiut and Saarloq, as well as 13 sheep farms — belonged to the Qaqortoq municipality...
Dagmar Island Princess Margaret Island Princess Thyra Island Qajartalik Qassimiut Islands Qeertartivaq Qeertartivatsiaq Qeqertaq Qeqertaq Avannarleq Qeqertarssdaq...
stabilization of the population level prevented Arsuk from sharing the fate of Qassimiut, which lost more than two thirds of the population and is headed for abandonment...
is the southernmost of the three settlements—along Eqalugaarsuit and Qassimiut—that made up the former Qaqortoq municipality. The settlements are presently...
to sea. Born: Jonathan Motzfeldt, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland, in Qassimiut (d. 2010) Died: Paul Olaf Bodding, 72, Norwegian missionary, linguist...
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