Nuuk for the Danish colony of South Greenland, while Godhavn (modern Qeqertarsuaq) was the capital of North Greenland until 1940 when the administration was unified in Godthaab. In 1733, Moravian missionaries received permission to begin a mission on the island; in 1747, there were enough converts to prompt the construction of the Moravian Brethren Mission House and the formal establishment of the mission as New Herrnhut (). This became the nucleus for present-day Nuuk as many Greenlanders from the southeastern coast left their territory to live at the mission station. From this base, further missions were established at Lichtenfels (1748), Lichtenau
Demographics of Afghanistan decade, which is due to the return of over 5 million expats. The only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents is its capital, Kabul. The other largest cities in the country are shown in the chart below. "0–14 years:" 42.3% (male 6,464,070/female 6,149,468) "15–64 years:" 55.3% (male 8,460,486/female 8,031,968) "65 years and over:" 2.4% (male 349,349/female 380,051) (2011 est.) In 1979, the population was reported to be about 15.5 million. 2.32% (2015) country comparison to the world: 39 "urbanization population:" 24% of the total population (2008) "rate of urbanization:" 5.4% annual rate of change (2005–10) "at birth:" 1.05