25/09/2023
Nuuk is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center.
In January 2023, it had a population of 19,604.
Nuuk is considered a modernized city after the policy began in 1950.
The city was founded in 1728 by the Dano-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede when he relocated from the earlier Hope Colony (Haabets Koloni) where he arrived in 1721.
The city, like much of Greenland, is heavily dependent upon Danish investment and relies on Denmark for block funding.
The University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik), the only university in Greenland, is in Nuuk.
The university was founded in 1987 and expanded in 2007 with the new building, Ilimmarfik, housing departments of journalism, management and economics, language, literature and media, cultural and social history, theology and religion and social work.