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Nanortalik (pronunciation ⓘ, Greenlandic pronunciation: [nɑnoʁtɑlik̚]), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, [ 1 ] it is the eleventh-largest town in the country.
The Great Greenland Furhouse is the only tannery in Greenland and the primary sealskin purchaser on the island; it remains one of the major employers in the town. Agriculture, mainly as sheep farming, cattle and reindeer herding, are conducted on a number of farms in the fiord landscapes close to Qaqortoq.
It is one of the island's three major retailers along with NorgesGruppen's Pisiffik and the state-owned Pilersuisoq, and claims 30,000 members, [3] more than half of the Greenland population. It operates fifteen stores [4] in seven major towns: Nuuk, Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Maniitsoq, Paamiut, Narsaq, and Nanortalik. [1]
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At 32,000 km 2 (12,355.3 sq mi) of area Kujalleq is the smallest municipality in Greenland by area. Straddling the southernmost end of the island of Greenland, it is bordered by only one municipality, Sermersooq, in the north.
Today Narsaq has a town hall, two supermarkets, a church, a police station, a firestation, a primary school, several educational facilities, an internet café, a hospital, and several small shops. Greenland's first brewery, Greenland Brewhouse, was established in Narsaq in 2004. The town hospital is housed in a two-storey building and has 14 beds.
Because the majority of Greenland is covered by permanent glaciers, the sea is the source for most food. [5] Seafood dishes include various fishes (often smoked), mussels , and shrimp . Ammassat or capelin is commonly eaten [ 2 ] and can easily be dried.
Nanortalik Municipality was a municipality in south Greenland, a sub-division of the Kujalleq municipality.