Iginniarfik

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| subdivision_name2 = Qeqertalik

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| timezone1 = Western Greenland Time

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|postal_code = 3955 Kangaatsiaq

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Iginniarfik is a village in the municipality of Qeqertalik, in western Greenland. Its population was 76 in 2020.{{cite web|title = Population by Localities|url = http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|publisher = Statistical Greenland|access-date = 2020-07-19|archive-date = 2020-07-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200719030202/http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|url-status = dead}}

Transport

{{main|Iginniarfik Heliport}}

Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Iginniarfik Heliport to Ikerasaarsuk Heliport and Kangaatsiaq Heliport.{{cite web |url=http://book.airgreenland.com/ |publisher=Air Greenland |title=Booking system |access-date=6 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/ |archive-date=22 April 2010 }} Settlement flights in the Aasiaat Archipelago are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.

During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.[http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=schedule Diskoline timetable] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522055345/http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=schedule |date=2009-05-22 }} The ferry links Iginniarfik with Kangaatsiaq, Attu, Ikerasaarsuk, Niaqornaarsuk, and Aasiaat.

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Population

The population of Iginniarfik has been stable in the last two decades.[http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812052835/http://bank2.stat.gl/ |date=2011-08-12 }}

{{wide image|Iginniarfik-population-dynamics.png|1000px|alt=Iginniarfik population dynamics|Iginniarfik population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland}}

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