Qeqertalik

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Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish)
Municipality
Qeqertalik Municipality
Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic)
Qeqertalik municipality
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Coat of arms of Qeqertalik
Coat of arms
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N 52°52′W / 68.700°N 52.867°W / 68.700; -52.867
Sovereign stateDenmark
Autonomous countryGreenland
MunicipalityQeqertalik
Established1 January 2018
Municipal centerAasiaat
Government
 • MayorSimigaq Heilmann (Demokraatit)
Area
 • Total
62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
6,340
Time zoneUTC-03, UTC-04
Calling code+299
Websiteqeqertalik.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

Main article: List of cities and towns in Greenland

Aasiaat area

Kangaatsiaq area

Qasigiannguit area

Qeqertarsuaq area

Language

Main article: Greenlandic language

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

See also

References and notes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qeqertalik.
  1. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kommuni pillugu". Kommune Qeqertalik. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. ^ Qeqertalik.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
  4. ^ "Ny borgmester: Simigaq Heilmann har aftale på plads". Sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 2025-04-19. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  5. ^ "Simigaq Heilmann Qeqertalimmi borgmesterinngussaaq". KNR.gl (in Danish). 2025-04-19. Retrieved 2025-04-19.


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