Kuummiit (
Kalaallisut: ''Kuummiut'') is a settlement in the
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in southeastern
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...
. Founded in 1915, it had 248 inhabitants in 2020.
Geography
The settlement is located on the eastern shore of the
Ammassalik Fjord
Ammassalik Fjord (old spelling: ''Angmagssalik Fjord'') is a long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
Geography
The head of the fjord at is formed by the confluence of two narrow, tributary fjords: ''Qingertivaq ...
,
approximately to the northeast of
Tasiilaq
Tasiilaq, formerly Ammassalik and Angmagssalik, is a town in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. With 1,985 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Green ...
and to the north of
Kulusuk
Kulusuk (old spelling: ''Qulusuk''Eastgreenland.com.Kulusuk".), formerly Kap Dan, is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, located on an island of the same name. The settlement population of 241 includes many Dan ...
.
Population
The population of Kuummiit has decreased by more than 27% relative to its 1990 level and almost 15% relative to its 2000 level.
Transports
The settlement is served by the
Kuummiit Heliport .
References
External links
eastgreenland.comSettlement map and other information.
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Populated places in Greenland
Populated places established in 1915