List of cities and towns in Greenland before 2008

This is a list of cities, towns and settlements in Greenland.

The English term 'city' hardly applies to any populated area in Greenland (although several places in Greenland are considered "cities"), as the most populated place is Nuuk with 14,501 inhabitants. In Greenland they distinguish two kinds of settled areas: by (Danish for 'town') and bygd (Danish for 'settlement'). The seat of each municipality is a by, whereas every other settlement in a municipality is a bygd. A bygd can have anything from one to about five hundred inhabitants. Many places have Danish names in addition to the Greenlandic names. The Danish name, when applicable, is shown in parentheses.

The first list shows a ranked list of all towns with more than 1000 population. The second list is ordered by region and municipality and includes all with more than 50 population plus some of the even smaller settlements.

Towns in Greenland with more than 1,000 population (cities) (2005)

Qaqortoq in wintertime.

Towns and settlements in Kitaa (West Greenland)

Southern Kitaa

Nanortalik municipality

Aappilattoq

Qaqortoq municipality

Narsaq Municipality

South-Central Kitaa

Paamiut Municipality

Nuuk Municipality

Central Kitaa

Maniitsoq Municipality

Sisimiut Municipality

Northern Kitaa

Kangaatsiaq municipality

Aasiaat municipality

Qasigiannguit municipality

Ilulissat municipality

Qeqertarsuaq municipality

Uummannaq municipality

Upernavik Municipality

Towns and settlements in Tunu (East Greenland)

Ammassalik municipality

Ittoqqortoormiit municipality

Ivittuut municipality

Towns and settlements in Avannaa (North Greenland)

See also

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