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Nuuk (Greenland, Denmark)

Nuuk Kommunea

by Fabio Facoetti, 25 July 2003

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Nuuk is the capital of Greenland. It is located on the West coast, in the territory of West Greenland (Kitaa). The official name of the municipality is "Nuuk Kommunea", and includes the villages of Kapisillit and Qeqertarsuatsiaat. The site where I found the banner is <www.nuuk.gl> and there I found a text written in Danish where is the description of the symbols.
Fabio Facoetti, 25 July 2003

Translated from this site: "The teachers' college is the Greenlandic place of higher education and probably the all-time most important cultural institution in the country. The building is from 1907 and is considered one of the most beautiful buioldings in Greenland.
Mount Sermitsiaq is the dominating mountain of Nuuk, lying about 15 kilometers north of the city on Sadel�en [Saddle Island might be named so because of the mountain]. Sermitsiaq is 1208 meters high.
The kayak paddle refers to the livelihood of the indigenous people, hunting sea creatures, but also reminds us that Greenland is ruled from Nuuk.
The three blue wavelines symbolise the sea and fjord near Nuuk and the three white wavelines symbolise the ice at sea."
Ole Andersen, 25 July 2003