Kangaamiut
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Kangaamiut
|other_name = Gammel Sukkertoppen
|image_skyline = Kangaamiut.jpg
|imagesize = 300px
|image_caption = Kangaamiut
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|settlement_type = Town
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Greenland
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| subdivision_type = State
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}
| subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Greenland}}
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = 22px Qeqqata
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| subdivision_name3 =
|government_footnotes = [http://new.qeqqata.gl/Politik/Bygdebestyrelser/tabid/328/language/da-DK/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Judithe Fredriksen
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1755
|population_as_of = 2020
| timezone1 = Western Greenland Time
| utc_offset1 = −02:00
| timezone1_DST = Western Greenland Summer Time
| utc_offset1_DST = −01:00
|coordinates = {{coord|65|49|30|N|53|20|15|W|region:GL_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 3912 Maniitsoq
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Kangaamiut,The pre-1973 spelling was Kangâmiut."Maniitsoq", Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992. formerly known as Gammel Sukkertoppen,Danish for "Old Sukkertoppen". is a settlement with a population of 293 (2020) in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland.
Geography
Kangaamiut is located on an island off the coast of Davis Strait between mouths of two long fjords. To the south is the long and twisted Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord and to the north is the Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord. The mouth of the long Kangerlussuaq Fjord is located approximately {{convert|26|km|sp=us}} north of the island.
History
The Dano-Norwegian settlement SukkertoppenThe name is also spelled Zukkertoppen, Sukkertop, Zukkertop, and Zuckerhut. All of them mean "Sugartop" or "Sugarloaf" after the appearance of three nearby hills. was originally located at the site of present-day Kangaamiut, when it was founded in 1755.[http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/ByogBygder/Kangaamiut/tabid/67/language/en-US/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804191957/http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/ByogBygder/Kangaamiut/tabid/67/language/en-US/Default.aspx |date=2012-08-04 }} It was moved to its present location at Maniitsoq in 1782.
Transport
Kangaamiut serves as a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line coastal ship.[http://www.aul.gl/images/stories/pdf/fartplan%2009.pdf AUL, Timetable 2009]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Population
Kangaamiut has experienced a sharp decline in its population. The settlement has lost more than 36% of its population relative to 1990 and more than 26% relative to 2000.
{{wide image|Kangaamiut-population-dynamics.png|1000px|alt=Kangaamiut population dynamics|Kangaamiut population growth dynamics, 1991-2010. Source: Statistics Greenland}}