Qeqertalik
Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish) | |
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| Qeqertalik Municipality Qeqertalik Kommunia (Greenlandic) Qeqertalik Kommune (Danish) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland | |
| Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N 52°52′W / 68.700°N 52.867°W | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Country | Greenland |
| Established | 1 January 2018 |
| Municipal center | Aasiaat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Simigaq Heilmann (Demokraatit) |
| 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 of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup 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]
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.[3]
Municipal council
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | D | IA | N | S | |||||||||
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 68.3% | Ane Hansen (IA) | |||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 70.0% | ||||||||
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 57.4% | Simigaq Heilmann (D) (D-IA-N coalition)[4][5] | ||||||
| Data from Valg.gl | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
Aasiaat area
- Aasiaat (Egedesminde)
- Akunnaaq
- Kitsissuarsuit (Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island)
Kangaatsiaq area
Qasigiannguit area
- Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb)
- Ikamiut
Qeqertarsuaq area
- Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)
- Kangerluk
Language
Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik; Danish is also spoken in the area.
See also
References and notes
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Kommuni pillugu". Kommune Qeqertalik. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ Qeqertalik.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
- ^ "Ny borgmester: Simigaq Heilmann har aftale på plads". Sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 2025-04-19. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Simigaq Heilmann Qeqertalimmi borgmesterinngussaaq". KNR.gl (in Danish). 2025-04-19. Retrieved 2025-04-19.