Kapisillit
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Kapisillit (Danish: Lakskaj) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 43 inhabitants in 2024.[1] Kapisillit means "the salmon" in the Greenlandic language (Template:Langx).[2] The name refers to the belief that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.[3]
Geography
Kapisillit is located Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[4] one of the tributary fjords of the Script error: No such module "convert". long,[5] Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.[5]
Economy
The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.
Transport
Transport to Kapisillit is done by boat. Helicopter is sometimes used. There is no road from outside to Kapisillit, although there are plans to build a simple road from Nuuk to Kapisillit.[6]
Population
The population of Kapisillit has declined by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[7] As of 1 January 2024, the settlement had 43 inhabitants
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