Qeqqata
Centrum (Danish) | |
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| Qeqqata Municipality Qeqqata Kommunia (Greenlandic) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the Qeqqata municipality within Greenland | |
| Coordinates (Qeqqata Commune): 66°30′N 48°00′W / 66.500°N 48.000°W | |
| Sovereign state |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Qeqqata |
| Established | 1 January 2009 |
| Municipal center | Sisimiut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Malik Berthelsen (Siumut) |
| Area | |
• Total | 115,500 km2 (44,595 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[3] | |
• Total | 9,378 |
| • Density | 0.081/km2 (0.21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Calling code | +299 |
| ISO 3166 code | GL-QE |
| Website | qeqqata.gl |
Qeqqata (Greenlandic pronunciation: [qɜqːata], Danish: Centrum, lit. 'Centre') is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country.[4] Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020.[3] The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut (formerly called Holsteinsborg).
- ^ Qeqqata Municipality Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Greenlandic)
- ^ Statistics Greenland, Greenland in Figures 2010
- ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Qeqqata Kommunia, municipal page