Kangeq
Kangeq is a now- abandoned settlement near the Greenland capital Nuuk.
Kangeq is located about 15 km west-southwest of Nuuk on an island at the outlet of the Nuuk Fjord. The area belongs to the commune Sermersooq until its foundation in 2009, it was part of the autonomous community Nuuk. Because of its upstream location, the village was conveniently located and has long been a major trading point of the Inuit.
In the vicinity of Kangeq ruins were from the era of the Dorset culture (550 - 1000 AD) found. The Inuit of this culture were based here until about 800 AD.
The European colonists led by Hans Egede founded near Kangeq 1721 a mission station on the island Habets Ø ( Island of Hope ), which was moved in 1829 to the newly founded Nuuk.
1822 in Kangeq the founder of Greenland painting, sealers, catechist and narrator of Kangeq Aron, born, who worked here until his death in 1869.
In its heyday, lived up to 300 people in Kangeq. In the 1960s, the settlement was abandoned, since in Nuuk workers were needed and the population moved there. Some hunters families spend here but still the summer months, because the environment is considered to be extremely rich in wildlife. There are lots of whales, seals and reindeer.
Today Kangeq is a destination for tourists who visit the place with boats and helicopters from Nuuk from.