Kangaamiut is a settlement in the Qeqqata

Qeqqata

Qeqqata is a new municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,677 as of January 2010. The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut...

 municipality in central-western Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

, with a population of 357 as of 2010.

Geography

Kangaamiut is located on an island off the coast of Davis Strait

Davis Strait

Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis , who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage....

 between mouths of two long fjords. To the south of the island the long and twisted Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord

Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord

Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord is a fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. Taking its source in the tidewater glaciers draining the Maniitsoq ice sheet, the fjord flows in a deep canyon through a mountainous, uninhabited region, emptying into Davis Strait near the settlement of...

 empties into the sea, while immediately to the north, the Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord

Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord

Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord is a fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. The fjord is located halfway between the lower runs of the long Kangerlussuaq Fjord in the north, and Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord in the south, emptying into Davis Strait.- Geography :The head of the fjord at ...

 flows into the sea between skerries

Skerry

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack....

. The mouth of the long Kangerlussuaq Fjord

Kangerlussuaq Fjord

Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a long fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The fjord is long and between and wide, flowing from the estuary of Qinnguata Kuussua river to the southwest, and emptying into Davis Strait...

 is located approximately 26 km north of the island.

History

Maniitsoq

Maniitsoq

Maniitsoq is a town in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. With 2,784 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland...

town was originally located at the site of present day Kangaamiut, when the former colony was founded in 1755. It was moved in 1782 to its present location.

Population

Kangaamiut has experienced a sharp decline in population over a long period of time. The settlement lost more than a third of its population relative to 1990 levels, and more than a quarter relative to 2000 levels.