Narsarmijit, Greenland
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Narsarmijit,[1][2] formerly Narsaq Kujalleq and Frederiksdal (Anglicised: Frederiksthal), is a settlement in southern Greenland. It is located in the Kujalleq municipality near Cape Thorvaldsen. Its population was 62 in 2024.[3] There has been a slow but steady pattern of emigration since the late 1950s.
Geography
Narsarmijit is the southernmost settlement in the country, located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Cape Farewell, the southern cape of Greenland.[4]
History
The city is located in the area of the easternmost of the Norse settlements during their colonization of Greenland.[5] The former village of Ikigait is roughly Script error: No such module "convert". away and was the site of Herjólfr Bárðarson's farm Herjolfsnes ("Herjolf's Point"[6]).
The Moravian missionary Conrad Kleinschmidt (1768–1832)[7] founded the station of Friedrichsthal (Template:Langx, lit. "Frederick's Valley") in 1824. The name honored Frederick VI of Denmark. The station was the Moravian's fourth, after Neu-Herrnhut (1733), Lichtenfels (1748), and Lichtenau (1774) and before Umanak (1861) and Idlorpait (1864). All the Greenland missions were surrendered to the Lutheran church in 1900.[8] In the 19th century, the area served as a prime territory for sealing.[9] Members of the settlement rescued the survivors of the ill-fated German polar expedition's Hansa in 1870.[10] In 1906, pastor Jens Chemnitz founded Greenland's first sheep farm in Narsarmijit; the industry has since moved north to the larger pastures around Narsaq.
Until 31 December 2008 the settlement belonged to the Nanortalik municipality. Since the administrative reform enacted on 1 January 2009 the settlement has been part of Kujalleq.
Transport
Template:Main article The village is served by the Narsarmijit Heliport. Air Greenland district helicopters link the settlement with Nanortalik, and further to Qaqortoq and Narsarsuaq.[11]
Population
Most towns and settlements in southern Greenland exhibit negative growth patterns over the last two decades, with many settlements rapidly depopulating. The population of Narsarmijit has decreased nearly a half relative to the 1990 levels, by nearly a quarter relative to the 2000 levels.[12]
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References
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- ↑ The name is from the local dialect of Greenlandic. The standard Kalaallisut name Narsaq Kujalleq was used briefly. Their pre-1973 spellings were Narsamiit and Narssak Kujatdlek or Narsak. In both dialects, the name means "Dwellers from the Plains".
- ↑ Jensen, Einar Lund & al. Monographs on Greenland: Man & Society: Cultural Encounters at Cape Farewell: The East Greenland Immigrants and the German Moravian Mission in the 19th Century. Museum Tusculanum Press, 2011. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ O'Carroll, Etain & al. Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet, 2005. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Fiske, John. The Discovery of America, Vol. 1. Echo Library, 2009. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Scott, Brian M. Place-Names in the Landnámabók Template:Webarchive". Accessed 28 Apr 2012.
- ↑ Del, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie Template:Webarchive" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. Template:In lang
- ↑ Lüdecke, Cornelia. "East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century Template:Webarchive". History of Meteorology 2 (2005). Accessed 27 Apr 2012.
- ↑ Kent, Kane Elisha. Arctic Explorations.
- ↑ "The 1869/70 German North Polar Expedition".
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