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Qeqertalik (Greenlandic pronunciation: ​[qɜqɜtːalik], Danish: Den Ene med Øerne, lit. 'The One with Islands') is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality.

Qeqertalik Kommune Qeqertalik
Municipality
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Coat of arms
Location of Qeqertalik within Greenland
Coordinates (Qeqertalik Commune): 68°42′N 52°52′W
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

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.[2]

Municipal council

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 from Valg.gl

Administrative divisions

Aasiaat area

• Aasiaat (Egedesminde)
• Akunnaaq
• Kitsissuarsuit (Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island)

Kangaatsiaq area

• Kangaatsiaq
• Attu
• Iginniarfik
• Ikerasaarsuk
• Niaqornaarsuk

Qasigiannguit area

• Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb)
• Ikamiut

Qeqertarsuaq area

• Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)
• Kangerluk

Language

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

See also

• KANUKOKA

References and notes

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