Qasigiannguit
Qasigiannguit / Kitaa
Qasigiannguit (Danish Christianshåb ) is a place in Greenland to Disko Bay with 1,187 inhabitants ( 2012).
History
The Greenlandic name of the settlement means the little spotted seals. The settlement was first established elsewhere on the Bryghus Bay on June 25, 1734 by the Danish merchant Jacob Severin as a trading colony and after King Christian VI. nominated by Denmark. Severin has held the right conferred by the King to 1749 monopoly over the Greenland trade. 1739 put the Danes in Qasigiannguit the trade monopoly by force against even the Greenland trade, especially in whaling interested Dutchman by. From 1736 to 1740 worked in Christianhåb the missionary Paul Egede. 1763 branch was relocated to its present sheltered in nearby space. Ruins of the ancient settlement are still preserved.
Until January 1, 2009 Qasigiannguit had the status of an independent municipality with 1,300 inhabitants (as of 2007 ), to which the settlement Ikamiut was next to the main town. Today, the area is politically part of Qaasuitsup Press Office.
Coat of arms
Description: Silver and blue divided shield displays a red top and below a rear -facing silver shrimp. At the upper end of the village name sign with blue capital letters " K'ASIGIANGUIT MUNICIPALITY ".
Economy
Qasigiannguit is a modern-looking city. 1959, the dominant crab factory was founded. With it, the population rose from 300 to 1400. Also fishing for halibut is economically significant. A hospital, a vocational school is a department of Social Education of the Greenland Seminary of Nuuk in Qasigiannguit.
Tourism
The city is well connected to the ship and helicopter power of Greenland. Many restaurants and hotels are available. Worth seeing are the small colorful houses on the bay, the old colonial buildings and the museum with important evidence of the hunters and scavengers culture as well as the early history of the Inuit. Tourists appreciate the seaside location with stable weather and pronounced flora as well as the excursions to the nearby, about 400 to 500 meters high mountains.