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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.
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]
Qaqortoq is located in one of the most mineral rich areas in the world, South Greenland having a vide range of mineral deposits. Mining has been a major economic activity in South Greenland in the past, especially the nearby Ivittuut mine north of Qaqortoq. [28] A gold mine was operating from 2003 to 2013 in Nalunaq, south of Qaqortoq.
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.
The municipality consists of the former municipalities of southern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement: [1] Nanortalik Municipality; Narsaq Municipality; Qaqortoq Municipality; In addition to the area of these municipalities, uninhabited parts of the former municipalities of Paamiut and Ammassalik were added to the new ...
Nanortalik Municipality was a municipality in south Greenland, a sub-division of the Kujalleq municipality.
Nanortalik, Kujalleq, Greenland: ... The Nanortalik Museum (Greenlandic: Nanortalik Katersugaasiviat) is an outdoor museum in Nanortalik, Kujalleq Municipality, ...
Aappilattoq is located east of Nanortalik, roughly 50 km north of Cape Farewell, the southern cape of Greenland. [8] including Prince Christian Sound, a 100 km long, steep and 1 ⁄ 2-2 km wide fjord.