Maniitsoq
Maniitsoq or Sukkertoppen is a town on Maniitsoq Island, western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland.
- Type: Town with 2,520 residents
- Description: town in Greenland
- Also known as: “Maitsoq”, “Manitsok”, “Manitsoq”, “Manîtsoq”, and “New Sukkertoppen”
- Historically known as: “New Sukertop”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Maniitsoq Museum and Maniitsoq Airport.
Maniitsoq
- Categories: city, municipality, and locality
- Location: Qeqqata, Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.41744° or 65° 25′ 3″ north
Longitude
-52.89678° or 52° 53′ 48″ west
Population
2,520
IATA airport code
JSU
UN/LOCODE
GL JSU
Open location code
98Q9C483+X7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Maniitsoq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مانيتسوك”
- Asturian: “Maniitsoq”
- Belarusian: “Маніітсак”
- Belarusian: “Манітсок”
- Catalan: “Maniitsoq”
- Cebuano: “Maniitsoq”
- Chinese: “瑪尼特索克”
- Chinese: “馬尼特索克”
- Chinese: “马尼特索克”
- Czech: “Maniitsoq”
- Danish: “Maniitsoq”
- Danish: “Sukkertoppen”
- Dutch: “Maniitsoq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مانيتسوك”
- Esperanto: “Maniitsoq”
- Estonian: “Maniitsoq”
- Finnish: “Maniitsoq”
- French: “Maniitsoq”
- Georgian: “მანიიტსოკი”
- German: “Maniitsoq”
- Hebrew: “מאניצוק”
- Hebrew: “מניטסוק”
- Icelandic: “Maniitsoq”
- Indonesian: “Maniitsoq”
- Italian: “Maniitsoq”
- Japanese: “マニートソック”
- Kalaallisut: “Maniitsoq”
- Kazakh: “Маниитсок”
- Komi: “Маниитсок”
- Macedonian: “Манитсок”
- Northern Frisian: “Maniitsoq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maniitsoq”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maniitsoq”
- Norwegian: “Maniitsoq”
- Polish: “Maniitsoq”
- Portuguese: “Maniitsoq”
- Romanian: “Maniitsoq”
- Russian: “Маниитсок”
- Samogitian: “Manitsoks”
- Sinhala: “මැනිට්සොක්, ග්රීන්ලන්තය”
- Slovak: “Maniitsoq”
- Spanish: “Maniitsoq”
- Swedish: “Maniitsoq”
- Turkish: “Maniitsoq”
- Ukrainian: “Маніїтсок”
- Uzbek: “Maniitsoq”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nattoralik and Narsaralak.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Maniitsumi Qeqqata Eqqartuussisoqarfia and Maniitsup Qatserisartoqarfia.
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