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Kapisillit Facts

Area	4.4 km²
Population	55
Male Population	33 (59.3%)
Female Population	22 (40.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2015)	-47.1%
Population change (2000 to 2015)	-43.3%
Median Age	31.5 years (Male: 30, Female: 37.5)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenland Summer Time
Lat & Lng	64.43333, -50.26667

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Kapisillit Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	104	135	97	55
Population Density	23.4 / km²	30.4 / km²	21.9 / km²	12.4 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kapisillit Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 43.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kapisillit	-47.1%	-59.3%	-43.3%
Sermersooq	+364.8%	+155%	+9.2%
Greenland	-6.7%	+16.2%	+0.2%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kapisillit Median Age

Median Age: 31.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Kapisillit	31.5 yrs	37.5 yrs	30 yrs
Sermersooq	33.9 yrs	32.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Greenland	33.6 yrs	32.1 yrs	35 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Kapisillit Population Density

Population Density: 12.4 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kapisillit	55	4.438 km²	12.4 / km²
Sermersooq	11,370	546,450.6 km²	0 / km²
Greenland	34,483	2,165,628.3 km²	0 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kapisillit Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1000 to 2015

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Sermersooq CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Sermersooq	272,342 tn	23.95 tn	0.5 tons/km²
Greenland	813,754 tn	23.6 tn	0.4 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Sermersooq CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	272,342 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	23.95 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	0.5 tons/km²

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/4/18	10:49 PM	4.5	92.2 km	10,000 m	73km SE of Maniitsoq, Greenland	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Kapisillit

Kapisillit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. In 2010, the settlement had 86 inhabitants. Kapisillit means the salmon in the Greenlandic language. The name refers to the belief that the only spawning-ground for ..

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