Ilulissat
Ilulissat,[4] formerly Jakobshavn, is a toun in the Qaasuitsup municipality in wastren Greenland, locatit approximately 200 km (120 mi) north o the Arctic Circle. Wi the population o 4,541 as o 2013,[5] it is the third-lairgest dounset in Greenland, efter Nuuk an Sisimiut.
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Auld toun an harbor o Ilulissat | |
Coordinates: 69°13′N 51°06′W / 69.217°N 51.100°WCoordinates: 69°13′N 51°06′W / 69.217°N 51.100°W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent kintra | Greenland |
Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
First mention | 16t century |
Ceety Status | 16t century |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Ole Dorph (S) |
Area | |
• City | 11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi) |
• Metro | 47.000 km2 (18.147 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 2010 m (6,590 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (2014 (ceety, settlements))[3] | |
• City | 4,893 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4,530 (Ceety o Ilulissat) |
• Metro | 363 (Settlements: Ilimanaq Oqaatsut Qeqertaq an Saqqaq) |
• Metro density | 129,48/km2 (33,540/sq mi) |
• Ethnicity | 90.98% Greenlandic 9.02% Other[2] |
Time zone | UTC-3 (WGT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (WGST) |
Postal code | 3952 |
Area code(s) | (+299) 94 |
Website | www |
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns – Sister ceeties
eeditIlulissat is twinned wi:
References
eedit- ↑ "Den Store Danske: Areal fordelt efter kommune / region". Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik. Retrieved 23 Januar 2014.
- ↑ Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik: Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik, table BEDST3', period 2014
- ↑ "Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik: Ilulissat City/Settlements (Ilulissat Municipality, Qaasuitsup Kommunia), 2014 (table: BEDST3)". Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 14 Februar 2014.
- ↑ The name is sometimes spelled Ilulisat.
- ↑ Greenland in Figures 2013 (PDF). Statistics Greenland. ISBN 978-87-986787-7-9. ISSN 1602-5709. Retrieved 5 September 2013.