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Tasiilaq means “the place with a lake” (because of the shape of the fjord). It is the largest town on the east coast with a population of about 2,017 (2013) and is one of the fastest-growing towns in Greenland. Tasiilaq, or the island where Tasiilaq is located, was formerly known as Ammassalik or Angmagssalik, Greenlandic for “the place ...
In Tasiilaq are also Greenland filatelia and a hospital. The local people are still fisherman and hunters but lots of people also live by administration and service. The village was founded by Danish explorers in 1894, who called it Ammassalik, the place with lots of ammassats (small fish), the name of the area used by the locals farther south.
Dec 10, 2022 · Today, suicide is still a major issue in Greenland. In 2016, the suicide rate in the nation was 82 persons per 100,000, compared to a global average rate of 16 per 100,000. Towns like Tasiilaq lack psychologists, and although nearly everyone in Greenland knows someone who has died by suicide, the stigma surrounding mental health issues still ...
Situated on Ammassalik Island, lies Tasiilaq in its own little bay, surrounded by sky high peaky mountain tins and iceberg filled waters. Tasiilaq is translated to ‘’Something resembling a lake’’, due to the numerous amount of lakes on Ammassalik Island. Today the town is one of the fastest growing communities in Greenland, therefore ...
Apr 21, 2016 · Tiniteqilaaq is 25 miles from the largest town in east Greenland, Tasiilaq. Although families and hunters go back and forth all the time, the route between the two places is nonetheless remote ...
Tasiilaq. Tasiilaq is the chief town in East Greenland, and one of just two towns on the east coast. The town lies on the large island of Ammassalik, 100 km south of the Arctic Circle. The town has it all: calving glaciers, hunters, picturesque wooden houses and their characteristic spiked peaks. At the same time the island has fertile valleys ...
Jan 31, 2018 · Tasiilaq is the biggest town on the South-East coast of Greenland and it counts about 2000 inhabitants. For us used to live in big cities, we can maybe think that there is not much here, because the town is only composed of cute coloured little wooden houses and small harbour, used by the inhabitants and by the only two big ships that, as soon as the ice break letting the sea becoming ...
