Qeqertalik Den Ene med Øerne (Danish) | |
|---|---|
| Qeqertalik Municipality Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic) | |
 | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland | |
| Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune):68°42′N52°52′W / 68.700°N 52.867°W /68.700; -52.867 | |
| Sovereign state | Denmark |
| Autonomous country | Greenland |
| Municipality | Qeqertalik |
| Established | 1 January 2018 |
| Municipal center | Aasiaat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ane Hansen (Inuit Ataqatigiit) |
| Area | |
• Total | 62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 6,340 |
| Time zone | UTC-03,UTC-04 |
| Calling code | +299 |
| Website | qeqertalik.gl |
Qeqertalik (Greenlandic pronunciation:[qɜqɜtːalik],Danish:Område med øer,lit. 'Area with islands') is a municipality ofGreenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the formerQaasuitsup 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]
Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by theQeqqata municipality and in the northeast byAvannaata. Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by theSermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south (45° Westmeridian) through the center of theGreenland ice sheet (Greenlandic:Sermersuaq), and as such is free of traffic.
Communities of Qeqertalik encircleDisko Bay, an inlet of the largerBaffin Bay, while the northeastern shores andNuussuaq Peninsula belong to the neighboring municipality ofAvannaata.
Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.[3]
| 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 fromValg.gl | |||||||||||||
Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik along withDanish.
Places adjacent to Qeqertalik | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||
Administrative divisions of Greenland(since 2018) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Municipalities |  | |
| Unincorporated Areas | ||
 Denmark | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overseas autonomous countries |
| ||||
