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Nuuk (Godthåb) by night in April 2023, Greenland's capital and by far largest city. This is a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 1 January 2024.The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 19,900 inhabitants, amounting to about 35% of the total population. [1]
Greenland had been a protected and very isolated society until 1940. [63] Greenland was a colony, and it was believed that this society would be subjected to exploitation or even eradication if the country was opened up. Therefore, a strict monopoly on Greenlandic trade was maintained, although it was abolished in 1950. [64]
Former populated places in Greenland (2 C, 43 P) I. Ilulissat (4 C, 16 P) K. Kangerlussuaq (15 P) M. Municipal seats of Greenland (5 P) Municipalities of Greenland (8 ...
An overview of Greenland, including key dates and facts about this autonomous Danish territory. ... Over 80% of the island is covered by a permanent ice cap 4km thick in places. Global warming is ...
Settlements in Greenland with city/town status (bystatus). For settlements without city status, see Category:Populated places in Greenland. Subcategories.
The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race people), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population.
Greenland’s pro-independence Prime Minister Múte Egede took a firm stance at a Copenhagen press conference. “We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t want to be Americans.
Nuuk (Greenlandic pronunciation: ⓘ; Danish: Nuuk, [1] formerly Godthåb [ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp]) [2] is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark.