Thule District
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Thule District was a former administrative district in northern Greenland that encompassed the remote Thule region, including the area around the Thule Air Base.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thule District canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
former administrative district ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Arctic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baffin Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Qaanaaq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Inuit settlements in Thule region
ⓘ
Pituffik (Thule Air Base settlement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Qaanaaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Thule Air Base NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. military facilities ⓘ area around Thule Air Base ⓘ radar installations at Thule Air Base ⓘ |
| country | Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 2009 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Inughuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSubdivisionOf | Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Danish
ⓘ
Greenlandic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Avannaata region (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Thule region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Greenland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thule region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Avannaata Municipality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qaasuitsup Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
establishment of Thule Air Base
ⓘ
relocation of Inughuit from Pituffik area ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−04:00 ⓘ |
| usedFor | military purposes ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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