Qaanaaq
| Qaanaaq | ||
| Thule | ||
| Ort | ||
 Qaanaaq på sensommaren 2007 | ||
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| Stat |  Danmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomt land |  Grönland | |
| Kommun | Qaasuitsup | |
| Koordinater | 77°28′00″N 69°13′50″V / 77.46667°N 69.23056°V | |
| Folkmängd | ||
| - | 656[1] (2013) | |
| Grundad | 2000 f. Kr. | |
| Postnummer | 3971 | |
| Geonames | 3831208 | |
  Qaanaaq på kartan över Grönland. | ||
Qaanaaq (även kallad ”Nya Thule”) är en ort i kommunen Qaasuitsup på Grönland. Byn är världens näst nordligaste efter Longyearbyen och har en tillhörande by, Siorapaluk cirka fem mil norrut. Qaanaaq hade 656 invånare 2013[1] och var tidigare huvudort i Qaanaaqs kommun och i amtet Nordgrønland.
Qaanaaq Museum ligger i Knud Rasmussens tidigare bostadshus, som flyttats från Gamla Thule.
Den amerikanska flygbasen Thule Air Base ligger cirka 130 kilometer söderut, vid Pituffik.
Gamla Thule
Invånarna i gamla Thule (Uummannaq) som låg i närheten av den amerikanska flygbasen tvångsförflyttades 1953 till Qaanaaq i samband med etableringen av flygbasen.
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Referenser
- Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, Aappilattoq, Kujalleq, 6 april 2014.
Noter
- ^ [a b] ”Table: Population in towns and settlements by time, locality, age, gender and place of birth” (på engelska). Statistics Greenland. http://bank.stat.gl/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=BEEST4&path=../Database/Greenland/Population/Population%20in%20Greenland&lang=1. Läst 7 januari 2015.
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Thule members support local medical evacuation Members of Thule Air Base, Greenland, supported a medical evacuation in mid June for a woman who had been stabbed in the village of Qaanaaq, located approximately 65 miles north of the base. Qaanaaq is home to about 600 people. This photo was taken in late summer 2007 after the ice on the surrounding water had melted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Col. Lee-Volker Cox) (Archive of source at [1])
Thule members support local medical evacuation Members of Thule Air Base, Greenland, supported a medical evacuation in mid June for a woman who had been stabbed in the village of Qaanaaq, located approximately 65 miles north of the base. Qaanaaq is home to about 600 people. This photo was taken in late summer 2007 after the ice on the surrounding water had melted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Col. Lee-Volker Cox) (Archive of source at [1])
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