Aasiaat

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Aasiaat (old spelling: Ausiait, Danish: Egedesminde) is Greenland's fourth-largest town and at the same time a municipality (Aasiaat Kommuneat). The municipality covers several islands at the southern end of Disko Bay (Aasiaat Archipelago) in west-central Greenland. The approximate location of Aasiaat town is 68°43′N, 52°53′W.

The main export is shrimp. Has several schools up to and including high school level, a heliport and an airport. In Greenlandic, Aasiaat means "Spiders". The exact explanation for this is yet to be determined because of the lack of historical facts of the origin of the name. The most common assumption is that when the city, which was a mere settlement back then, was founded, it was abundant with spiders. As of now, spiders, like in the rest of Greenland, are rarely seen in the city.