The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland also known as North Greenland was a

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inspectorate An inspectorate or inspectorate-general (or general inspectorate) is a civil or military body charged with inspecting and reporting on some institution or institutions in its field of competence. Inspectorates cover a broad spectrum of organizations ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the northwest coast of the island.

History

North Greenland was established in 1721. Its capital was at

Godhavn Qeqertarsuaq () is a port and town in Qeqertalik municipality, located on the south coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, the town is now home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen known as Arctic Station. ...

(modern Qeqertarsuaq). The southernmost town of North Greenland was

Egedesminde Aasiaat () or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 3,069 as of 2020, it is Greenland's f ...

, which bordered Holsteinborg, which was the northernmost town of

South Greenland The Southern Inspectorate of Greenland also known as South Greenland was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the southwest coast of the island. Its capital was at Godthaab (modern N ...

. This boundary between North and South Greenland ran at around 68°N latitude, and in the North, North Greenland stretched to 78°N to enclose

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. In 1911, as the administration of the colony was removed from the

Royal Greenland Trading Department The Royal Greenland Trading Department ( da, Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel, KGH) was a Danish state enterprise charged with administering the realm's settlements and trade in Greenland. The company managed the government of Greenland from 177 ...

and folded into the

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, a provincial council ( da, landsråd) was established. It was elected indirectly from the local councils and had little say in the management of the colony. North Greenland was united with South Greenland in 1950,''Etableringen af Landsrådene'' (The Creation of Local Councils of Greenland, 1911-2011)
cites the laws of 27 May 1950 merging both local councils, with an election in 1951. with the administration for the northern settlements moved to Godthaab (modern Nuuk).

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States and territories disestablished in 1950 Former populated places in Greenland Former Danish colonies 1950 disestablishments in North America 20th-century disestablishments in Greenland {{Greenland-stub

History

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