Sarfannguit
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| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = 22px Qeqqata
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| government_footnotes = [http://new.qeqqata.gl/Politik/Bygdebestyrelser/tabid/328/language/da-DK/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Najaaraq Goliathsen
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1843
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 96
| timezone1 = Western Greenland Time
| utc_offset1 = −02:00
| timezone1_DST = Western Greenland Summer Time
| utc_offset1_DST = −01:00
| coordinates = {{coord|66|53|50|N|52|51|40|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 3911 Sisimiut
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| designation1 = WHS
| designation1_partof = Aasivissuit – Nipisat: Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
| designation1_date = 2018 (42nd session)
| designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557 1557]
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| designation1_type = Cultural
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Sarfannguit (old spelling: Sarfannguaq / Sarfánguaq) is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Its population was 96 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}} The settlement was founded in 1843.[http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/ByogBygder/Sarfannguit/tabid/65/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306043412/http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/ByogBygder/Sarfannguit/tabid/65/Default.aspx |date=2012-03-06 }} {{in lang|kl}} The town is located within the Aasivissuit – Nipisat UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2018 for its outstanding archeological sites representing the human occupation of Greenland for over 4,000 years.{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557 |title = Aasivissuit – Nipisat: Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 7 Aug 2021}}
Geography
Sarfannguit is located on the eastern promontory of an island of the same name,{{cite map|publisher=Greenland Tourism a/s|title=Vandrekort Vestgrønland: Sisimiut|cartography=Compukort, Denmark|edition=1996}} approximately {{convert|36|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Sisimiut, facing the mainland of Greenland across the Imartuninnguaq Strait, at this point only {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide. The strait opens into the Amerloq Fjord in the west, which then heads to the west, emptying into the Davis Strait south of Sisimiut. Ikertooq Fjord bounds the island from the south.
Economy
The first wind turbine in Greenland was constructed in Sarfannguit in 2010. The wind turbine is {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, providing 6,000 liter of petrol worth of savings per month for the village.{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/erhverv/article128056.ece |title=Sus i Sarfannguaq |work=Sermitsiaq |date=28 August 2010 |language=da |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831152554/http://sermitsiaq.ag/erhverv/article128056.ece |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Transport
= Air =
The closest aerodrome is Sisimiut Airport in Sisimiut, with connections to Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Maniitsoq, and Nuuk operated by Air Greenland.[http://airgreenland.com/ankomster__afgange/ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309004005/http://airgreenland.com/ankomster__afgange/ |date=2010-03-09 }} There are no helicopter services to coastal settlements of Davis Strait in the Qeqqata and Sermersooq municipalities. The AIP references a 20m round helipad (ICAO code: BGSA) with gravel surface{{cite web | url=https://aim.naviair.dk/en/ | title=Home | AIM }} at Sarfannguit.
= Sea =
Royal Arctic Line provides weekly ferry services to Itilleq and Sisimiut,[http://129.35.38.254/PGM/sejlpskvcl.pgm?1+AJU+XXXXXXX Royal Arctic Line, Angaju Ittuk schedule] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703033917/http://129.35.38.254/PGM/sejlpskvcl.pgm?1+AJU+XXXXXXX |date=2011-07-03 }} {{in lang|da}} a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line, with connections to Ilulissat and Aasiaat in the Disko Bay region, and to coastal towns in southwestern and southern Greenland.[http://www.aul.gl/images/stories/pdf/fartplan%2009.pdf AUL, Timetable 2009]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
= Land =
There is no road reaching Sarfannguit, but it would be connected to the proposed Sisimiut-Kangerlussuaq road, which has been discussed for several years, but not built. Snowmobiles are used in winter to connect to Sisimiut, roughly 50 km away.
Population
The population of Sarfannguit has been stable in the last four decades.
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In 1986, the leading cause of death for young people in this city was suicide.{{cite journal|title=The Suicide Capital of the World|journal=Slate |date=9 October 2009 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2009/10/the_suicide_capital_of_the_world.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2|access-date=23 February 2020 |last1=George |first1=Jason }}