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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}<br>(Qanaaq, Thule)}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Denmark [[File:Denmark-small.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Greenland [[File:groenla2.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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|'''Greenlandic''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1977. | The arms were granted in 1977. | ||
This was one of the world's largest and also most Northern municipality, but with only 250 inhabitants. The arms show a narwhale, a common whale species in the waters in the municipality. Being so far north (83° 40' north) there is 6 months of continuous daylight and 6 months of darkness. These two facts are symbolised in the Pole Star. | This was one of the world's largest and also most Northern municipality, but with only 250 inhabitants. The arms show a narwhale, a common whale species in the waters in the municipality. Being so far north (83° 40' north) there is 6 months of continuous daylight and 6 months of darkness. These two facts are symbolised in the Pole Star.'''[[Literature]]''': Achen, S.T. : Danmarks Kommunevåbener. Komma, København, 1982. | ||
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[[Category:Greenland]] | [[Category:Greenland]] | ||
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[[Category:Granted 1977]] | [[Category:Granted 1977]] | ||
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(QANAAQ, THULE) Country : Denmark  Country : Greenland  Incorporated into :
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 1977.
This was one of the world's largest and also most Northern municipality, but with only 250 inhabitants. The arms show a narwhale, a common whale species in the waters in the municipality. Being so far north (83° 40' north) there is 6 months of continuous daylight and 6 months of darkness. These two facts are symbolised in the Pole Star.Literature: Achen, S.T. : Danmarks Kommunevåbener. Komma, København, 1982.
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