Kangerluk

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Kangerluk
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Kangerluk
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 69°29′04″N53°56′55″W / 69.48444°N 53.94861°W / 69.48444; -53.94861
StateFlag of Denmark (state).svg  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Municipality Qeqertalik
Population
 (2021)
  Total13 (estimate)
Time zone UTC-03
Postal code
3953 Qeqertarsuaq

Kangerluk (old spelling: Kangerdluk), also called Diskofjord, is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality, in western Greenland, located on the southwestern shore of Disko Island along with the island's biggest settlement Qeqertarsuaq on the southern shore. It had 11 inhabitants in 2020. [1]

Population

Kangerluk is rapidly depopulating, having lost two thirds of its population since 2010. [2]

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Kangerluk population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland [2]

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