Qeqertalik

Qeqertalik
Den Ene med Øerne (Danish)
Qeqertalik Municipality
Kommune Qeqertalik (Greenlandic)
Qeqertalik municipality
Clockwise from top left: Qeqertarsuaq, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Disko Bay
Coat of arms of Qeqertalik
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
 • MayorAne Hansen (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
 • Total62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total6,340
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]

  1. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kommuni pillugu". Kommune Qeqertalik. Retrieved 2023-02-13.