Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq
New Thule | |
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Qaanaaq | |
| Coordinates: 77°28′00″N 69°13′50″W / 77.46667°N 69.23056°W | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous country | Greenland |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| First settled | 2000 BC |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 646 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3971 |
Qaanaaq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qaːnɑːq]), formerly known as New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The town has a population of 646 as of 2020. The population was forcibly relocated from its former, traditional home, which was expropriated for the construction of a United States Air Force base (Thule Air Base, now Pituffik Space Base) in 1953. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak the local Inuktun language and many also speak Kalaallisut and Danish.
Qaanaaq is one of the northernmost towns in the world. Within Greenland, it is the northernmost major town and the third northernmost public settlement, after nearby Qeqertat and Siorapaluk.