Qeqqata

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Qeqqata
Centrum (Danish)
Qeqqata Municipality
Qeqqata Kommunia (Greenlandic)
Qeqqata-montage.jpg
Flag of Qeqqata.svg
Qeqqata-coat-of-arms.svg
Qeqqata in Greenland 2018.svg
Location of the Qeqqata municipality within Greenland
Coordinates(Qeqqata Commune): 66°30′N48°00′W / 66.500°N 48.000°W / 66.500; -48.000
Sovereign state Flag of Denmark.svg  Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Municipality Qeqqata-coat-of-arms.svg Qeqqata
Established1 January 2009
Municipal center Sisimiut
Government
[1]
  Mayor Malik Berthelsen (Siumut)
Area
[2]
  Total
115,500 km2 (44,595 sq mi)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
9,378
  Density0.081/km2 (0.21/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-03
Calling code +299
ISO 3166 code GL-QE
Website qeqqata.gl

Qeqqata (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qɜqːata] , Danish : Centrum, lit. 'Centre') is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. [4] Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. [3] The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut (formerly called Holstensborg).

Contents

Creation

It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq and two former municipalities of western Greenland, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut.

Geography

In the south and east, the municipality is flanked by the Sermersooq municipality, although settlements and associated trade are concentrated mainly alongside the coast. In the north, it is bordered by the Qeqertalik municipality. The waters of the western coast are that of the Davis Strait, separating Greenland from Baffin Island. With an area of 115,500 km2 (44,594.8 sq mi), it is the third-smallest municipality of Greenland.

Politics

Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. [5]

Municipal council

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
A D IA N S
2008 31471559.7%
2013 42957.6% Hermann Berthelsen (S)
2017 331861.1% Malik Berthelsen (S)
2021 234663.8%
Data from Valg.gl

Administrative divisions

Maniitsoq area

Sisimiut area

Transport

Like all of Greenland, there are no roads between settlements. There are three airports in Qeqqata, Kangerlussuaq, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut, where Kangerlussuaq is the international hub for Greenland. Other settlements are served by boats.

A simple road for terrain vehicles exists between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut and was built in 2020-2021. [6] [7] [8]

See also

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Kangerlussuaq is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipality located at the head of the fjord of the same name. It was Greenland's main air transport hub and the site of Greenland's largest commercial airport until the new airport opened at Nuuk on 28 November 2024. The airport dates from American settlement during and after World War II, when the site was known as Bluie West-8 and then Sondrestrom Air Base.

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Itilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sisimiut Airport</span> Airport

Sisimiut Airport is an airport located 2.2 NM northwest of Sisimiut, a town in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The airport has a single runway designated 13/31 which measures 799 by 30 m, built on the northern shore of Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sermersooq</span> Municipality of Greenland

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Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a long fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The fjord is 190 km (120 mi) long and between 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and 8 km (5.0 mi) wide, flowing from the estuary of Qinnguata Kuussua river to the southwest, and emptying into the Davis Strait. It is the longest fjord of western Greenland.

Amerloq Fjord is a 36 km (22 mi) long fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. The fjord empties into the Davis Strait just south of Sisimiut, whose former Inuit name was also "Amerloq".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alanngorsuaq</span>

Alanngorsuaq is a 411-metre-high (1,348 ft) mountain in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. It is located on the mainland of Greenland in Sisimiut valley, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the town.

Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord is a fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. Taking its source in the tidewater glaciers draining the Maniitsoq ice cap, the fjord flows in a deep canyon through a mountainous, uninhabited region, emptying into Davis Strait near the settlement of Kangaamiut.

Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord is a fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. The fjord is located halfway between the lower runs of the long Kangerlussuaq Fjord in the north, and Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord in the south, emptying into Davis Strait.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maniitsoq Ice Cap</span> Ice cap in Greenland

Maniitsoq Ice Cap is a 58 km × 41 km ice cap in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland.

Tarajornitsut is an uninhabited tundra highland in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland, within the bounds of Kangaamiut dike swarm. The highland has many lakes, shallow valleys, hills, and wetlands, with plentiful wildlife, such as arctic geese. It is also a major calving ground for reindeer. In the future the area will become a protected nature reserve. The Polar Route from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq ends in Tarajornitsut, on the shore of Kangerlussuaq Fjord.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KNI A/S</span> Danish trade conglomerate

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Malik Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician serving as the mayor of Qeqqata, chairman of the Qeqqata municipal council, and a former member of the Parliament of Greenland, the Inatsisartut.

References

  1. Qeqqata Municipality Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Greenlandic)
  2. Statistics Greenland, Greenland in Figures 2010
  3. 1 2 "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. Qeqqata Kommunia, municipal page
  5. Qeqqata.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
  6. Greenland’s first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle
  7. First overland road project between Greenlandic towns
  8. ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig