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Maniitsoq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [maniːtsːɔq]), is a town in Maniitsoq Island, western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland.




History



Archaeological finds indicate that the area has been settled for more than 4,000 years.
The modern town was founded as New or Nye-Maniitsoq in 1782 by Danish colonists relocating from the original Sukkertoppen, a trading post founded in 1755 at the site of present-day Kangaamiut. In time, the original name was taken up again.
In the 19th century, the town served as a major trading post for the Royal Greenland Trading Department's trade in reindeer hides.
Maniitsoq Municipality was a former municipality of Greenland. It is now part of Qeqqata Municipality.




Industry


There have been plans for an Alcoa aluminium smelting plant either at Maniitsoq or Sisimiut for an extended period, at least since 2008, without progressing to construction. The plant would provide employment for 600–700 people, or more than 1 percent of the population of Greenland. As it is a vital decision for the town, wide public consultations were carried out in 2008–2010 by both the town authorities and the Greenland Home Rule Government in order to address potential environmental and social concerns.




Transport






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Maniitsoq is served by Air Greenland with flights to Nuuk, Kangerlussuaq, and Sisimiut.




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Maniitsoq is a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq ferry.




Population


With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020, Maniitsoq has experienced a decline in population over a long period of time. The town has lost almost 15% of its population relative to 1990 levels, and nearly 9% relative to 2000 levels.
Migrants from the smaller settlements such as rapidly depopulating Kangaamiut choose to migrate to Sisimiut, the capital in Nuuk, and sometimes to Denmark, rather than Maniitsoq. Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut are the only settlement in the Qeqqata municipality exhibiting stable growth patterns over the last two decades.




Notable people



Germaine Arnaktauyok (b. 1946), Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer
Mimi Karlsen (b. 1957), politician
Sofie Petersen (b. 1955), Lutheran Bishop of Greenland
Rasmus Lyberth (b. 1951), singer, actor
Thue Christiansen (1940–2022), designer of the Greenlandic flag, artist




Literature


The novel The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine is set in Sukkertoppen.




Maniitsoq structure



The Maniitsoq structure is a proposed 3 billion-year-old (3 Ga) impact structure located in the Akia terrane of the North Atlantic Craton, centred about 55 km (34 mi) south-east of the town of Maniitsoq, Greenland, at 65°15′N 51°50′W. It's origin has been debated since it was first proposed as an impact structure in 2012. The Maniitsoq structure is not recognised as an impact structure by the Earth Impact Database.
The proposal was criticised for not meeting established criteria for recognising impact craters. Subsequent studies in the region have demonstrated that there is no evidence for an impact structure, and a number of observations directly contradict the earlier impact structure proposals.
In support of the proposal, a study published in 2023, used electron microscopy to examine zircon grains from seven sites, including the Maniitsoq structure. The study found distinctive shock-induced planar microstructures in the zircon grains from the four recognized impact structure, as well as in the Maniitsoq structure. These microstructures were not found in grains from the two non-impact tectonic deformation structures.




Twin towns – sister cities


Maniitsoq is twinned with:

Esbjerg, Denmark
Salzburg, Austria




References






External links



Winter's Yearning (POV documentary series): Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by an US company.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Munisipalitas Maniitsoq
• Kangaamiut
• Qeqqata
• Daftar kota di Greenland
• Daftar pulau di Greenland
• Arctic Umiaq Line
• Kejuaraan Sepak Bola Greenland
• Meridian barat ke-53
• Maniitsoq
• Maniitsoq Airport
• Maniitsoq structure
• Maniitsoq Island
• Qeqqata
• List of cities and towns in Greenland
• Maniitsoq Municipality
• Maniitsoq Ice Cap
• Maniitsoq Norite Belt
• Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq