Uummannaq
{{Short description|Town in Greenland}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Uummannaq
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| image_skyline = Uummannaq.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| image_caption = Uummannaq in August 2008
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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 = Avannaata
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1763
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 1407{{cite web|title= Population by Localities| work=StatBank |url = http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|publisher = Statistical Greenland}}
| timezone1 = Western Greenland Time
| utc_offset1 = −02:00
| timezone1_DST = Western Greenland Summer Time
| utc_offset1_DST = −01:00
| coordinates = {{coord|70|40|29|N|52|07|35|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 3961
| website =
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UummannaqThe pre-1973 spelling was Umanaq, Ũmánaq, or Umanak. is a town on Uummannaq Island in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763[http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/da-DK/Om-kommunen/Byer-og-bygder/Uummannaq] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030063027/http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/da-DK/Om-kommunen/Byer-og-bygder/Uummannaq|date=October 30, 2010}} as Omenak,Colton, G.W. "[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/uj817m Northern America. British, Russian & Danish Possessions In North America.]" J.H. Colton & Co. (New York), 1855. the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry.[http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/greenland/uummannaq.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027092941/http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/greenland/uummannaq.html|date=October 27, 2010}} In 1932, the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck released the film S.O.S. Eisberg near Uummannaq.{{cite web |url=http://www.walter-riml.at/walter-riml.at/-_1933_35_Greenland_-.html |title=1932: In Greenland |publisher=Estate of Walter Riml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011941/http://www.walter-riml.at/walter-riml.at/-_1933_35_Greenland_-.html |archive-date=2014-02-22 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=dead }} – About filming in Greenland. Lobbycards, photos, etc. of Walter Rimls estate
Geography
Image:Uummannaq distance BIG.jpg
Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island, located in the south-central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord. Uummannaq is also the general name given to the series of inlets north of the promontory at Niaqornat on the Nuussuaq Peninsula.
The island is also home to Uummannaq Mountain, rising very sharply to the height of 1170 m. Climbing it requires technical skills.
Transport
Air Greenland operates helicopter services to Qaarsut Airport from Uummannaq Heliport. The neighbouring villages in the Uummannaq area are served by district cargo helicopters. In summer months, Royal Arctic Line operates its 'bygdeservice' with sailings by small ships to its neighbouring villages, including a service to Qaarsut.
Culture
File:Uummannaq-football-game.jpg in the background]]
Danish and Greenlandic children are told that Santa Claus lives in Spraglebugten Bay in the west of the island. A turf hut (Santa's Castle) was built there for a Danish television programme and remains Santa's home in the popular imagination.{{cite book|last=O'Carroll|first=Etain|title=Greenland and the Arctic|publisher=Lonely Planet|page=194|year=2005|isbn=1-74059-095-3}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greenland-guide.gl/uummannaq-tourist/attractions.htm |title=Uummannaq Tourist Service, North Greenland. Attractions |publisher=Greenland-guide.gl |access-date=2015-06-03}}
Scottish singer KT Tunstall's third album Tiger Suit features the track "Uummannaq Song", which was inspired by her trip to the town in September 2008 with Cape Farewell.{{cite web|url=http://www.capefarewell.com/expeditions/2008.html |title=2008 Expedition - Cape Farewell - The cultural response to climate change |publisher=Capefarewell.com |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2015-06-03}}
Uummannaq is home to Uummannaq Music – the world's northernmost music platform on sea ice.[http://uummannaqmusic.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716093044/http://uummannaqmusic.com/|date=2012-07-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/62359 |title=Kyrgyz Culture Makes Its Way to Greenland |publisher=EurasiaNet.org |date=2010-11-11 |access-date=2015-06-03}}[http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/radio/radio_bbseva/2010/11/101117_bbseva_kirgiz_greenland.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121062150/http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/radio/radio_bbseva/2010/11/101117_bbseva_kirgiz_greenland.shtml|date=November 21, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neweurasia.net/ru/politics-and-society/kyirgyizstan-na-aysbergah-grenlandii/ |title=Кыргызстан в айсбергах Гренландии! |publisher=Neweurasia.net |date=2014-06-20 |access-date=2015-06-03}}{{cite web|url=http://knr.gl/index.php?id=164&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=61173&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=144&cHash=230a71d32c |title=KNR |publisher=Knr.gl |access-date=2015-06-03}}[http://sermitsiaq.ag/kultur/article132375.ece] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026025352/http://sermitsiaq.ag/kultur/article132375.ece|date=October 26, 2010}}
Climate
Uummannaq has a tundra climate with short, cold summers and long, very cold winters.
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{{Weather box
|location = Uummannaq
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|metric first = Yes
|Jan high F = 17
|Feb high F = 10
|Mar high F = 13
|Apr high F = 18
|May high F = 36
|Jun high F = 47
|Jul high F = 51
|Aug high F =49
|Sep high F = 40
|Oct high F = 32
|Nov high F =26
|Dec high F = 21
|year high F = 30
|Jan low F = 8
|Feb low F = 1
|Mar low F = 1
|Apr low F = 6
|May low F = 25
|Jun low F = 36
|Jul low F = 41
|Aug low F = 41
|Sep low F = 34
|Oct low F = 26
|Nov low F = 20
|Dec low F = 14
|year low F = 21
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.9
|Feb precipitation inch =0.4
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.4
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.5
|May precipitation inch = 0.4
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.3
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.5
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.5
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.8
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.7
|Nov precipitation inch = 1
|Dec precipitation inch = 1
|year precipitation inch = 7.4
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=21240&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Uummanaq, Greenland
|publisher=Weatherbase
|year=2011
}}
Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
|date=November 2011
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Population
Uummannaq is the second-largest town in the Avannaata municipality. It had 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, which was a decrease of more than 12% relative to the population in 2000.
{{wide image|Uummannaq-population-dynamics.png|1000px|alt=Uummannaq population dynamics|Uummannaq population growth dynamics, 1991-2010. Source: Statistics Greenland}}
Notable people
- Ole Jørgen Hammeken, polar explorer
- Siissisoq, a Greenlandic rock band
- Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, actress, singer, former Miss Greenland and wife of Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Aleqa Hammond, former prime minister of Greenland, and first female prime minister, grew up in Uummannaq
- Pipaluk Freuchen, children's writer
References
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External links
{{commons category|Uummannaq}}
{{wikivoyage}}
- {{in lang|da}} [http://www.atuarfik-uum.gl/bygder.htm Villages in the Uummannaq area]
- [http://blognator.com/uummannaq-greenlands-little-beauty-travel/ Photos of Uummannaq]
- [http://www.walter-riml.at/welcome/1932-35-in-greenland/ About filming in Greenland in 1933]
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Category:Populated places in Greenland
Category:Populated places of Arctic Greenland
Category:Populated places established in 1763