Upernavik Kujalleq is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...

 municipality in northwestern 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...

. Founded in 1855 as a trading station, the settlement had 204 inhabitants in 2010.

Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Kujalleq is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay , located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea...

. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa

Sigguup Nunaa

Nunavik Peninsula is a large peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It separates two cultural and geographical regions of northwestern Greenland: Uummannaq Fjord region in the southeast, and Upernavik Archipelago in the north.- Geography :...

 peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N 56°00′W to the southern end of Melville Bay

Melville Bay

Melville Bay , is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, Qimusseriarsuaq, means "the great dog sledding place"....

  in the north at approximately 74°50′N 57°30′W.

Transport

On weekdays, Air Greenland

Air Greenland

Air Greenland A/S is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, jointly owned by the government of Greenland, the SAS Group, and the government of Denmark...

 serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport

Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport

Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport is a heliport in Upernavik Kujalleq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.- Airlines and destinations :Air...

 to Kangersuatsiaq

Kangersuatsiaq

Kangersuatsiaq is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 186 inhabitants in 2010.- Upernavik Archipelago :...

 and Upernavik

Upernavik

Upernavik is a small town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,129 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. Due to the small size of the settlement, everything is within walking distance...

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Population

The population of Upernavik Kujalleq has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.