Qorlortorsuaq

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Qorlortorsuaq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 60°46′30″N45°13′54″W / 60.77500°N 45.23167°W / 60.77500; -45.23167 Coordinates: 60°46′30″N45°13′54″W / 60.77500°N 45.23167°W / 60.77500; -45.23167
StateFlag of Denmark (state).svg  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Municipality Kujalleq
Population
 (2020)
  Total4
Time zone UTC-03
Postal code
3919

Qorlortorsuaq is a village in the Nanortalik district, in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located at the site of the largest waterfall in the country; the waterfall also goes by the name of Qorlortorsuaq. In 2020, the town had only 4 inhabitants. [1] The population consists mostly of farmers. Qorlortorsuaq also houses the only trout farm in the country [2]

Qorlortorsuaq is a location of the Qorlortorsuaq hydroelectric dam. The hydropower plant is part of the focus of the government of Greenland to replace fossil fuelled power plants with renewable energy, and is only one of a number of hydroelectric projects planned for construction. The plant has made it possible to decommission the three aging diesel generators, so called "bunker fuel generators" made from old ship engines, [3] that previously provided electricity to the towns. [4]

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