Place:Uummannaq, Kitaa, Greenland

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NameUummannaq
Alt namesUmanaksource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates64.483°N 50.783°E
Located inKitaa, Greenland
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Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020,[1] it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763 as Omenak, the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry. In 1932 the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck released the film SOS Eisberg near Uummannaq.

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