Qeqertalik

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Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish)
Qeqertalik Municipality
Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic)
Qeqertalik-montage.jpg
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Qeqertalik-coat-of-arms.svg
Qeqertalik in Greenland 2018.svg
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Coordinates(Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N52°52′W / 68.700°N 52.867°W / 68.700; -52.867
Sovereign state Denmark
Autonomous country Greenland
Municipality Qeqertalik
Established1 January 2018
Municipal center Aasiaat
Government
  Mayor Ane Hansen (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
  Total62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [1]
  Total6,340
Time zone UTC-03, UTC-04
Calling code +299
Website qeqertalik.gl

Qeqertalik (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qɜqɜtːalik] , Danish : Område med øer, lit. 'Area with islands') is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality. It is the least populated municipality at a population of 6,340, despite this it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality with 0.11 people per square kilometer. [2]

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Geography

Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the Qeqqata municipality and in the northeast by Avannaata. Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south (45° West meridian) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic : Sermersuaq), and as such is free of traffic.

Communities of Qeqertalik encircle Disko Bay, an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay, while the northeastern shores and Nuussuaq Peninsula belong to the neighboring municipality of Avannaata.

Politics

Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. [3]

Municipal council

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
A D IA S
2017 1771568.3% Ane Hansen (IA)
2021 119470.0%
Data from Valg.gl

Administrative divisions

Aasiaat area

Kangaatsiaq area

Qasigiannguit area

Qeqertarsuaq area

Language

Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik along with Danish.

See also

References and notes

  1. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "Kommuni pillugu". Kommune Qeqertalik. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. Qeqertalik.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"


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