page_title: Saqqaq
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Saqqaq / Population
caption_attribution_description: Population growth dynamics in Saqqaq, Greenland. Numbers from 1991-2010 from Statistics Greenland. (http://bank2.stat.gl/) The graph is own work.
context_page_description: Saqqaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. Founded in 1755 as Solsiden, Saqqaq had 132 inhabitants in 2020. The village's Kalaallisut name is a translation of the Danish meaning "Sunny Side", in reference to its position relative to Livets Top.
  It is the site name for the Saqqaq culture.
context_section_description: The population of Saqqaq has increased by 60 percent relative to the 1990 levels, stabilizing in the following decade. Saqqaq is one of the very few demographically stable settlements in the Disko Bay region.
caption: Saqqaq population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland[8]
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