Siorapaluk

Siorapaluk (West Greenlandic) or Hiurapaluk (Polar Inuit) is a settlement in the Qaanaaq area of the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. It is one of the world's northernmost inhabited settlements, the northernmost settlement inhabited by natives, and the northernmost public settlement in Greenland. It has a population of 43[1] who speak the Inuktun language of the Polar Inuit as well as the Kalaallisut dialect of Greenlandic. Many of the inhabitants are direct descendants of the last migration of Inuit from Canada in the 20th century.

Siorapaluk
Hiurapaluk
Siorapaluk
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Siorapaluk is located in Greenland
Siorapaluk
Siorapaluk
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 77°47′08″N 70°38′00″W
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Population
 (2020)
 • Total43
Time zoneUTC-04
Postal code
3971 Qaanaaq

Geography

Siorapaluk is located in the northern shore of the Siorapaluup Kangerlua (Robertson Fjord).[2]

Hunting

There is good hunting in the area of the settlement, and the cliffs around it function as breeding grounds for dovekie (UK English: little auk) (Alle alle) and the thick-billed murre (UK English: Brünnich's guillemot) (Uria lomvia). There are many Arctic foxes and Arctic hares in the area and an abundance of seals and walruses which are hunted.

Infrastructure

Siorapaluk has an electrical power plant, direct satellite radio and TV-broadcasting, a well stocked store and telephone service. The settlement's school is combined with its church and a small public library. Although there are no resident medical facilities, the settlement is visited regularly by a physician and a dentist.

Transport
Main article: Siorapaluk Heliport

Air Greenland operates settlement flights to Qaanaaq Airport and to Savissivik Heliport via Pituffik Space Base.[3] The distance to Qaanaaq is 45 km. The twice-weekly flights are subsidized by the Government of Greenland. Transfers at the airbase are subject to access restrictions by the Danish Foreign Ministry.[4]

Population
Siorapaluk population dynamics
Siorapaluk population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland[5]

References
  1. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  2. "Siorapaluk". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. "Air Greenland". airgreenland.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
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