Qeqertalik

Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish)
Qeqertalik Municipality
Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic)
Qeqertalik municipality
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Coat of arms of Qeqertalik
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N 52°52′W / 68.700°N 52.867°W / 68.700; -52.867
Sovereign stateDenmark
Autonomous countryGreenland
MunicipalityQeqertalik
Established1 January 2018
Municipal centerAasiaat
Government
 • MayorAne Hansen (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
 • Total62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total6,340
Time zoneUTC-03, UTC-04
Calling code+299
Websiteqeqertalik.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]

Geography

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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

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

Municipal council

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Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A D IA S
2017 1 7 7 15 68.3% Ane Hansen (IA)
2021 1 1 9 4 70.0%
Data from Valg.gl

Administrative divisions

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Aasiaat area

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Kangaatsiaq area

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Qasigiannguit area

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Qeqertarsuaq area

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Language

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

See also

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References and notes

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