Siorapaluk

Siorapaluk (Hiurapaluk in Inuktun) is a settlement in the Municipality of Qaanaaq, Greenland and is one of the world's northernmost inhabited settlements.

The population of Siorapaluk in January 2005 was 87 people. The location is coord|77|47|N|70|46|W more or less. The population of Siorapaluk speaks the Inuktun language of the Polar Inuit as well as Standard West Greenlandic.

There is good hunting in the area of the settlement, and the cliffs around it function as breeding grounds for Dovekie (alle alle) -known further south as the "auk", and the Thick billed murre (uria lomvia), called the "murre". There are many foxes and Arctic hares in the area and an abundance of seals and walrus which are vigorously hunted.

Siorapaluk has an electrical power plant, direct satellite radio and TV-broadcasting, a well stocked store and telephone service. The settlement's school is combined with its church and a small public library. Although there are no resident medical facilities, the setttlement is visited regularly by a physician and a dentist.

Many of the inhabitants are direct descendents of the last migration from Canada which took place in the last century.

References

* [http://www.statgreen.gl/dk/publ/befolk/05-1bef2.pdf Statistics Greenland: Population Statistics] "Grønlands befolkning pr. 1. januar 2005 (23.02.2005). Del 2". Statistics Greenland. Only available in Danish and Greenlandic. Downloaded January 2006.
* [http://www.ub.ntnu.no/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.html#umeny5 "Gazetteer of Greenland"] Compiled by Per Ivar Haug. UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim, August 2005, ISBN 978-82-7113-114-2.

See also

* Northernmost settlements

External links

* [http://www.arktiskebilleder.dk/siulleq/album/sted_1151772_1.html www.arktiskebilleder.dk] Historical images from Siorapaluk.
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/GL/1/Siorapaluk.html www.fallingrain.com] Weather and maps for Siorapaluk.
* [http://www.turistqaanaaq.gl/eng/sio.htm www.turistqaanaaq.gl] Tourist information.