Kitsissuarsuit
{{redirect|Dog's Island|other places with a similar name|Dog Island (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kitsissuarsuit
| other_name = Hunde Ejlande
| image_skyline = Kitsissuarsuit.jpg
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Kitsissuarsuit
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| pushpin_map = Greenland
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Greenland
| pushpin_mapsize = 300
| subdivision_type = State
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}
| subdivision_type1 = Constituent country
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Greenland}}
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Qeqertalik
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1830
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 50
| timezone1 = Western Greenland Time
| utc_offset1 = −02:00
| timezone1_DST = Western Greenland Summer Time
| utc_offset1_DST = −01:00
| coordinates = {{coord|68|51|25|N|53|07|15|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 3950 Aasiaat
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Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: Kitsigsuarssuit) is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or Dog's Island,Ross, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AUBjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA90 Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833]. A.W. Webster, 1835. although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721032203/http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/da-DK/Om-kommunen/Byer-og-bygder/Aasiaat/Kitsissuarsuit Qaasuitsup Municipality] {{in lang|da}} Its population was 50 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}}
Geography
Kitsissuarsuit is located on a small, {{convert|6|km2|mi2|1|abbr=on}} island in southern Disko Bay, {{convert|21|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}[http://www.aasiaatmuseum.gl/Kommunen%20eng.html Aasiaat Museum]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} north of Aasiaat.
Transport
= Air =
{{main article|Kitsissuarsuit Heliport}}
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Kitsissuarsuit Heliport to Aasiaat Airport.{{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 Disko Bay region are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.
= Sea =
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 Kitsissuarsuit with Aasiaat and Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island.
Population
The population of Kitsissuarsuit has decreased by over 37 percent relative to the 1990 levels, and by over 28 percent relative to the 2000 levels.[http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812052835/http://bank2.stat.gl/ |date=2011-08-12 }}
{{wide image|Kitsissuarsuit-population-dynamics.png|1000px|alt=Kitsissuarsuit population dynamics|Kitsissuarsuit population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland}}