Towns
Greenland has 18 towns - settlements with more than 500 inhabitants. Nuuk is the largest town - and the capital - with roughly one third of the country's urban population. Sisimiut with approximately 5,500 inhabitants is the second largest town, while Ilulissat is number three with ca. 5,000 inhabitants.
- Aasiaat
- Ilulissat
- Ittoqqortoormiit
- Kangaatsiaq
- Maniitsoq
- Nanortalik
- Narsaq
- Narsarsuaq
- Nuuk
- Paamiut
- Qaanaaq
- Qaqortoq
- Qasigiannguit
- Qeqertarsuaq
- Sisimiut
- Tasiilaq
- Upernavik
- Uummannaq
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