Nuuk

Nuuk
Nuuk; Godthåb
	Ceety
	Banner Coat airms
	Nuuk Location within Greenland
	Coordinates: 64°10′30″N 51°44′20″W / 64.17500°N 51.73889°WCoordinates: 64°10′30″N 51°44′20″W / 64.17500°N 51.73889°W
State	Denmark
Constituent kintra	Greenland
Municipality	Sermersooq
Founded	29 August 1728
Incorporated	1728
Govrenment
• Mayor	Asii Chemnitz Narup (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
• Ceety	690 km2 (265 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2016)
• Ceety	17,316 (Lairgest in Greenland)
• Metro	18,040 (includin Qeqertarsuatsiaat an Kapisillit)
	Ceety an metropolitan population is co-extensive, the entire Metro aurie belangs tae Nuuk Ceety
Demonym(s)	Nuummioq
Time zone	UTC−03:00 (Wastren Greenland Staundart)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−02:00 (Wastren Greenland Daylicht)
Postal code	3900

Nuuk (pronunciation (help·info), translatit: "The peninsula", Dens: Godthåb, translatit: "Guid howp") is the caipital o Greenland, the northrenmaist caipital in North Americae an the lairgest ceety in Greenland. Locatit on a island in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the ceety lies on the eastren shore o the Labrador Sea an on the wast coast o Sermersooq. Nuuk is a lairger cultural an economic centre for Greenland. The caipital is naurest tae the ceeties o Iqaluit an St. John's in Canadae, an Reykjavík in Iceland.

Nuuk is the seat o govrenment for the Sermersooq municipality. It haes a population o 15,469 (as o Januar 2010), makkin it ane o the smawest caipital ceeties in the warld bi population.