Qeqertalik

Qeqertalik (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qeqeʁtalik], English: The One with Islands, Danish: Den Ene med Øerne) is a new municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality.

Qeqertalik

Kommune Qeqertalik
Municipality
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Coat of arms
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N 52°52′W
Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Greenland
Municipality Qeqertalik
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

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. [2]

Municipal council
Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A IA S
2017 1 7 7 15 68.3% Ane Hansen (IA)

Towns and settlements
Main article: List of cities and towns in Greenland

Language
Main article: Greenlandic 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. Qeqertalik.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
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