
Location of the Qasigiannguit municipality in Greenland
'Qasigiannguit', (
Danish: ''Christianshåb''), is a town on
Disko Bay,
Greenland and the administrative centre of the municipality of Qasigiannguit.
Founded in
1734, the town's population is 1,320 (2005) and the area's main industry is
shrimp and
halibut fishing.
Greenland's oldest wooden house, dating from 1734, is in Qasigiannguit, which also has a museum with a collection of archaeological finds from different prehistoric cultures.