Many Greenlandic towns have had both Danish and Greenlandic names. Today, mainly Greenlandic names are used in Greenland. Here is a list of the old Danish names. They often appear on older maps:

Greenlandic name / Old Danish name
Qaanaaq / Thule
Pituffik / Thule Air Base
Upernavik / Upernavik
Uummannaq / Umanak
Qeqertarsuaq / Godhavn
Ilulissat / Jakobshavn
Qasigiannguit / Christianshåb
Aasiaat / Egedesminde
Kangaatsiaq / Kangatsiak
Kangerlussuaq / Søndre Strømfjord (US: Sondrestrom)
Sisimiut / Holsteinsborg
Maniitsoq / Sukkertoppen
Nuuk / Godthåb
Paamiut / Frederikshåb
Narsaq / Narssaq
Qaqortoq / Julianehåb
Ammassalik/Tasiilaq / Angmagssalik
Ittoqqortoormiit / Scoresbysund
 
Municipalities (Kommunea)
Ammassalik is the name of the municipality, but the town is named Tasiilaq. However, the town was also named Angmagssalik until 1992.

Qaanaaq is the name of the town but the municipality is named Avanersuaq

All other municipalities are named after the town but with a “–p” in the genitive form, e.g. Nuup Kommunea or Narsap Kommunea

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