Nutaarmiut | |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Greenland |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Avannaata |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 43 |
Timezone: | UTC-03 |
Coordinates: | 73.5189°N -56.4264°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3962 Upernavik |
Nutaarmiut (old spelling: Nutârmiut) is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It had 43 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
See main article: article and Upernavik Archipelago.
Nutaarmiut is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. Nutaarmiut Island has an area of 1.51 km2.
The village is equipped with a Decent sized school and a small church. Nutaarmiut Atuarfia, the local school, can accommodate around Foru thousand students ranging from 1st to 7th grade.
The population of Nutaarmiut has decreased by over a 40 percent relative to the 1990 levels, and has been steadily decreasing in the 2000s.[2] The main sources of income are fishing and seal hunting.