Qeqqata (, da, Centrum, lit=Centre) is a municipality in western

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 ...

, 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. The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut (formerly called Holsteinsborg).

Creation

It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq, as well as 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 is concentrated mainly alongside the

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. 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 Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...

. With an area of it is the second-smallest municipality of Greenland after Kujalleq.

Politics

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

Municipal council

Administrative divisions

Maniitsoq area

* Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) *

Atammik Atammik (old spelling: ''Atangmik'') is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Located on the shores of Davis Strait, it had 196 inhabitants in 2020. It is the southernmost settlement in the municipality. The local ...

* Kangaamiut *

Napasoq Napasoq (old spelling: ''Napassoq/Napâssoq'') is an island settlement in the Qeqqata municipality, in central-western Greenland. Located on a small island on the shores of Davis Strait Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean that ...

Sisimiut area

* Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) * Itilleq * Kangerlussuaq (Søndrestrøm) * Sarfannguit

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 between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut was approved in June 2020. It was finished all the way in September 2021.ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig
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References

{{Regions of Denmark Davis Strait Municipalities of Greenland Populated places established in 2009