Nuuk

Nuuk (The Cape) (Danish/Norwegian: Godth?b, which translates to Good Hope in English) is the capital and largest city of the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland.

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The city was founded in 1721 by the Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, and given the name Godth?b. (At this time Greenland was a Norwegian colony under the Crown).

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However, the site has a long history of inhabitation by Viking explorers in the 10th century and thereafter, by Inuit peoples later and by Inuits and Danes today. It is located at the mouth of the Godth?bsfjorden inlet on the west coast of Greenland, about 150 miles (240 km) south of the Arctic Circle, and has a population of 14,501 (01/01-2005). Nuuk is located at 60?14' North, 44?7' West (60.2333, -44.11667). http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

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The city is known as Godth?b to its Danish residents, although since home rule was enacted in 1979, the official name of the city is its Greenlandic name of Nuuk. It is the seat of government for the commune of Nuuk, which encompasses about 39,000 square miles (100,000 km?) of Greenland.

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Nuuk is home to the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik).

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Air Greenland operates air services to Nuuk.

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