Nutaarmiut Explained

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]

Upernavik Archipelago

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.

Infrastructure

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.

Population

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population by Localities. Statistical Greenland.
  2. http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland