Qeqertalik (, da, Den Ene med Øerne, lit=The One with Islands) is a municipality of

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 ...

created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former

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Municipality.

Geography

Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the

Qeqqata Qeqqata (, da, 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. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. Th ...

municipality and in the northeast by Avannaata. Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by the

Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...

municipality, however this border runs north–south ( 45° West

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) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, 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 Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large (180x48 km) peninsula in western Greenland. Geography The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, ...

belong to the neighboring municipality of Avannaata.

Politics

Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.Qeqertalik.gl
"Kommunalbestyrelsen"

Municipal council

Administrative divisions

Aasiaat area

Aasiaat 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 fo ...

(Egedesminde) *

Akunnaaq Akunnaaq (old spelling: ''Akúnâk'') is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 66 in 2020. Akunnaaq is located east of Aasiaat on the Akunnaap Nunnaa island. The settlement was founded in 1850. Tra ...

Kitsissuarsuit Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: ''Kitsigsuarssuit'') is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or Dog's Island, although it had already been used as a whaling stati ...

(Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island)

Kangaatsiaq area

Kangaatsiaq Kangaatsiaq (, old spelling: ''Kangâtsiaq'') is a town located in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The town received town status as recently as 1986, though as a settlement it has existed much longer. It has 520 inhabitants as of ...

* Attu *

Iginniarfik Iginniarfik is a village in the municipality of Qeqertalik, in western Greenland. Its population was 76 in 2020. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Iginniarfik H ...

Ikerasaarsuk Ikerasaarsuk is a village in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 98 in 2021. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Ikerasaarsuk Heliport ...

Niaqornaarsuk Niaqornaarsuk () is a village in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, along the northern entrance to Arfersiorfik Fjord. Its population was 249 in 2020. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, wit ...

Qasigiannguit area

Qasigiannguit Qasigiannguit (), formerly Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The main indu ...

(Christianshåb) *

Ikamiut Ikamiut is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on a small island in the Aasiaat Archipelago on the southern shores of Disko Bay. Its population was 86 in 2020. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as ...

Qeqertarsuaq area

Qeqertarsuaq 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. ...

(Godhavn) * Kangerluk

Language

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

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References and notes

Disko Bay Municipalities of Greenland States and territories established in 2018 2018 establishments in Denmark {{Greenland-geo-stub