'Pituffik' (approximately ) was a hunting village of the Greenlandic
Inuit until the United States was given permission to build
Thule Air Base in 1951. By 1953, all residents of Pituffik and nearby 'Dundas' had been forced to move 130 km north to the new town of
Qaanaaq, commonly known at the time as "New Thule". The Thule Air Base is also an area not belonging to any municipality. The population was 235 as of January 2005.
See also
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Thule Air Base
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Weather in Pituffik