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Kujalleq (Greenlandic: Greenlandic pronunciation: [kujaɬːɜq̚], Danish: Syden, lit. 'The South') is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland , operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Until 31 December 2008 the town was the administrative center of Qaqortoq municipality. On 1 January 2009 Qaqortoq became the biggest town and the administrative center of Kujalleq municipality, when the three municipalities of South Greenland, meaning Qaqortoq, Narsaq, and Nanortalik were merged into one municipality.
Cape Farewell Archipelago (also Nunap Isua Archipelago) is an island group located at the southern end of Greenland in Kujalleq municipality. The archipelago takes its name from Cape Farewell , a headland of Egger Island (also known as Itilleq).
Narsarmijit, [3] [4] 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. [ 5 ]
With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, Nanortalik is the third-largest town in the Kujalleq municipality. The population has decreased over the last several years. Most towns and settlements in southern Greenland have had negative growth over the last two decades, with many settlements rapidly depopulating. [12]
Aappilattoq or Rødførde is a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The name means "red", after the red mountain rising above the settlement in the Greenlandic language . The settlement had 90 inhabitants in 2024. [ 2 ]
Qassiarsuk (Danish: Bratalid from Old Norse Brattahlíð) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland.Its population was 39 in 2020. [2] Qassiarsuk is part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site, due to its historical importance as the homestead of Erik the Red and its unique testimony to Greenlandic farming.
Narsaq (Danish: Nordprøven) is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The name Narsaq is Kalaallisut for "Plain", referring to the shore of Tunulliarfik Fjord where the town is located.