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Nuuk (population 17,796 as of January 2018), Capital of Greenland

Nuuk was founded in 1728 by the missionary Hans Egede.

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic center. With a population of over 17,000 (2016), it is one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population. Its latitude, at 64°10' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital.

Nuuk has an international airport with year-round direct flights from Iceland, via Air Greenland and Air Iceland. Air Greenland operates domestic flights from Nuuk to every region of the country.

Nuuk has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements.

Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.

Archaeological evidence suggests the area around Nuuk has been populated for at least 4,000 years. Centuries after the collapse of the Norse civilization in Greenland, the missionary Hans Egede landed near present-day Nuuk and named the place Godthåb ‘(good hope’). It became home to 12 Greenlandic families in 1728 when the missionary officially founded Godthåb and ran it as an official Danish trading post.

Hans Egede is by many revered as the “Greenland Apostle”, yet his insistence on nuclear families caused enormous social change, the impact of which can still be traced today. Nowadays modern Nuuk (Greenlandic for ‘the headland’ or ‘the peninsula’) is home to ~ 20% of Greenland’s population, and growing.

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Nuuk (population 17,796 as of January 2018), Capital of Greenland

Nuuk was founded in 1728 by the missionary Hans Egede.

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic center. With a population of over 17,000 (2016), it is one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population. Its latitude, at 64°10' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital.

Nuuk has an international airport with year-round direct flights from Iceland, via Air Greenland and Air Iceland. Air Greenland operates domestic flights from Nuuk to every region of the country.

Nuuk has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements.

Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.

Archaeological evidence suggests the area around Nuuk has been populated for at least 4,000 years. Centuries after the collapse of the Norse civilization in Greenland, the missionary Hans Egede landed near present-day Nuuk and named the place Godthåb ‘(good hope’). It became home to 12 Greenlandic families in 1728 when the missionary officially founded Godthåb and ran it as an official Danish trading post.

Hans Egede is by many revered as the “Greenland Apostle”, yet his insistence on nuclear families caused enormous social change, the impact of which can still be traced today. Nowadays modern Nuuk (Greenlandic for ‘the headland’ or ‘the peninsula’) is home to ~ 20% of Greenland’s population, and growing.

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Nuuk (population 17,796 as of January 2018), Capital of Greenland

Nuuk was founded in 1728 by the missionary Hans Egede.

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic center. With a population of over 17,000 (2016), it is one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population. Its latitude, at 64°10' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital.

Nuuk has an international airport with year-round direct flights from Iceland, via Air Greenland and Air Iceland. Air Greenland operates domestic flights from Nuuk to every region of the country.

Nuuk has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements.

Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.

Archaeological evidence suggests the area around Nuuk has been populated for at least 4,000 years. Centuries after the collapse of the Norse civilization in Greenland, the missionary Hans Egede landed near present-day Nuuk and named the place Godthåb ‘(good hope’). It became home to 12 Greenlandic families in 1728 when the missionary officially founded Godthåb and ran it as an official Danish trading post.

Hans Egede is by many revered as the “Greenland Apostle”, yet his insistence on nuclear families caused enormous social change, the impact of which can still be traced today. Nowadays modern Nuuk (Greenlandic for ‘the headland’ or ‘the peninsula’) is home to ~ 20% of Greenland’s population, and growing.

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Nuuk (population 17,796 as of January 2018), Capital of Greenland

Nuuk was founded in 1728 by the missionary Hans Egede.

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic center. With a population of over 17,000 (2016), it is one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population. Its latitude, at 64°10' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital.

Nuuk has an international airport with year-round direct flights from Iceland, via Air Greenland and Air Iceland. Air Greenland operates domestic flights from Nuuk to every region of the country.

Nuuk has probably the highest percentage of aboriginal people of any city: almost 90% of Greenland's population of 58,000 is Inuit, and at least eight in 10 live in urban settlements.

Nuuk also celebrates Inuit culture and history to an extent that is unprecedented in many cities with higher total aboriginal populations. By proportion and by cultural authority and impact, it may well be tiny Nuuk that is the most indigenous city in the world.

Archaeological evidence suggests the area around Nuuk has been populated for at least 4,000 years. Centuries after the collapse of the Norse civilization in Greenland, the missionary Hans Egede landed near present-day Nuuk and named the place Godthåb ‘(good hope’). It became home to 12 Greenlandic families in 1728 when the missionary officially founded Godthåb and ran it as an official Danish trading post.

Hans Egede is by many revered as the “Greenland Apostle”, yet his insistence on nuclear families caused enormous social change, the impact of which can still be traced today. Nowadays modern Nuuk (Greenlandic for ‘the headland’ or ‘the peninsula’) is home to ~ 20% of Greenland’s population, and growing.

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