Alluitsup Paa
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Alluitsup Paa Sydprøven |
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 Alluitsup Paa
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| Coordinates: 60°27′45″N 45°34′10″W / 60.46250°N 45.56944°WCoordinates: 60°27′45″N 45°34′10″W / 60.46250°N 45.56944°W | |
| State |
 Kingdom of Denmark
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| Constituent country |
 Greenland
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| Municipality |
 Kujalleq
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| Founded | 1830 |
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| • Mayor | Bendt Kleist |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 278 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Postal code | 3919 |
| Website | alluitsuppaa.net (Greenlandic) |
Alluitsup Paa (old spelling prior to the orthography reform in 1973: Agdluitsup pâ) is a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Alluitsup Paa had 278 residents in 2012.
Along Narsarsuaq, Alluitsup Paa is one of the rare settlements in Kujalleq without its own church. The town church, which was established in 1926, burned to the ground on New Year's Eve, 2007. Presently the community's religious activities take place in Qaqortoq.
The Alluitsup Paa area was the southern point of a district known to the Norse as Vatnahverfi during the 10th-15th centuries. There are 7 known ruins from the Norse period within a few kilometres of the modern village, although the Norse generally preferred to settle further inland away from the open Labrador Sea.
The settlement was founded as a trading station--Sydprøven ("South Prøven")--in 1830, to distinguish it from Nordprøven ("North Prøven", modern day Narsaq) which was established the same year. The Greenlandic name simply means "outside of Alluitsoq", further giving emphasis to the nowadays nearly abandoned village of Alluitsoq.
Until December 31, 2008, the town was the second-largest population center of Nanortalik Municipality in the Kitaa amt. On January 1, 2009, Alluitsup Paa became part of Kujalleq municipality, when the Kitaa amt, as well as the municipalities of Narsaq, Qaqortoq, and Nanortalik ceased to exist as administrative entities.
Before the municipal reform of 2009, Alluitsup Paa was Greenland's largest settlement without municipal status.
On the Uunartoq Island in the vicinity of the town there are geothermal springs with temperatures between 34 and 38 degrees Celsius. There are drifting icebergs and many whales offshore.
Qerrortuut Inuit ruins of previous settlements from late 18th and early 19th centuries can be found to the west of the village, on the same island. There are also ruins of a nunnery built near the hot springs after Greenland was first introduced to Christianity around 1000.
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