Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish) | |
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| Qeqertalik Municipality Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic) | |
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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 | 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 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]
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Kommuni pillugu". Kommune Qeqertalik. Retrieved 2023-02-13.