- Ilimanaq
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Ilimanaq Aerial view of Ilimanaq
Location within Greenland
IlimanaqCoordinates: 69°04′52″N 51°06′55″W / 69.08111°N 51.11528°WCoordinates: 69°04′52″N 51°06′55″W / 69.08111°N 51.11528°W State 
Kingdom of DenmarkConstituent country 
GreenlandMunicipality Qaasuitsup Founded 1741 Government[1] – Mayor Fritz Johansen Population (2010) – Total 84 Time zone UTC-03 Postal code 3952 Ilulissat Ilimanaq (Danish: Claushavn) is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010.[2] The name of the village means "the place of expectations" in Greenlandic.
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Geography
Icebergs in the Ilulissat Icefjord with Ilimanaq hills in the background
Ilimanaq is located on the eastern shore of Disko Bay, just south of the mouth[3] of the Ilulissat Icefjord (Kalaallisut: Ilulissat Kangerlua).
History
The old Danish name of the settlement derived from the surname of the Dutch whaler Klacs (Klaus) Pieterz Torp. The whalers were active in the region from 1719 to 1732, leaving a trail of names behind−the settlement of Oqaatsut to the north of Ilulissat was originally a whaling station, named Rodebay by the Dutch. Ilimanaq was founded in 1741, around the same time as Ilulissat.
Transport
Air
Main article: Ilimanaq HeliportAir Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights between Ilimanaq Heliport and Ilulissat Airport.[4] Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring. During winter, the nearby Qasigiannguit town to the south of Ilimanaq can be reached on foot, or by dogsled.
Sea
During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.[5] The ferry links Ilimanaq with Ilulissat, from where ferry connections are available to Oqaatsut, Qeqertaq, Saqqaq, Qeqertarsuaq, and towns and settlements in the Aasiaat Archipelago.
Population
The population of Ilimanaq has been stable in the last two decades.[6]
Ilimanaq population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland[6]
References
- ^ "Ilimanaq får natur og miljø-pris" (in Danish). Sermitsiaq. 19 June 2008. http://sermitsiaq.gl/indland/article44842.ece. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Statistics Greenland (Danish)
- ^ Greenland Tourism a/s. Vandrekort Nordgrønland, Ilulissat (Map). Cartography by Compukort, Denmark (1996 ed.).
- ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. http://book.airgreenland.com/. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ Diskoline timetable
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland
Institutions Bank of Greenland · Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa · Qaasuitsup Commune
Landmarks Hotel Arctic · Ilulissat Art Museum · Ilulissat Icefjord · Ilulissat Glacier · Knud Rasmussen's Museum · World of Greenland · Zion's Church
Sport Arctic Midnight Orienteering · Arctic Palerfik · Cecilieløbet · Ilulissat Hallen · Kangia Race
Transport Air Greenland · Air Iceland · Arctic Umiaq Line · Disko Line · Ilulissat Airport · Ilulissat Port and Harbour · Royal Arctic Line · Royal Greenland
Districts & Villages Categories:- Villages of Ilulissat
- Disko Bay
- Populated places in Greenland
- Populated places of Arctic Greenland
- Populated places established in 1741
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