Qeqqata
Qeqqata Municipality
Qeqqata Kommunia | |
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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], Template:Lang-da) 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).
Creation
It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq, as well as two former municipalities of western Greenland, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut.
Geography
In the south and east, the municipality is flanked by the Sermersooq municipality, although settlements and associated trade is concentrated mainly alongside the coast. In the north, it is bordered by the Qeqertalik municipality. The waters of the western coast are that of the Davis Strait, separating Greenland from Baffin Island. With an area of 115,500 km2 (44,594.8 sq mi) it is the second-smallest municipality of Greenland after Kujalleq.
Politics
Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.[5]
Municipal council
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | D | IA | N | S | |||||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 59.7% | |||||||
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 57.6% | Hermann Berthelsen (S) | ||||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 61.1% | Malik Berthelsen (S) | |||||||
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 63.8% | ||||||||
| Data from Valg.gl | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
Maniitsoq area
- Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen)
- Atammik
- Kangaamiut
- Napasoq
Sisimiut area
- Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
- Itilleq
- Kangerlussuaq (Søndrestrøm)
- Sarfannguit
Transport
Like all of Greenland, there are no roads between settlements. There are three airports in Qeqqata, Kangerlussuaq, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut, where Kangerlussuaq is the international hub for Greenland. Other settlements are served by boats.
A simple road for terrain vehicles between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut was approved in June 2020. It was finished all the way in September 2021.[6][7][8]
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Qeqqata.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
- ^ Greenland’s first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle
- ^ First overland road project between Greenlandic towns
- ^ ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig
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