Qeqqata

Municipality of Greenland

Municipality in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Qeqqata

Centrum (Danish)

Municipality

Qeqqata Municipality
Qeqqata Kommunia (Greenlandic)

Clockwise from top left: Davis Strait, Sisimiut, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Sermersut Island

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 / 66.500; -48.000
Sovereign state|  Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country|  Greenland
Municipality|  Qeqqata
Established| 1 January 2009
Municipal center| Sisimiut
Government

[1]

• Mayor| Malik Berthelsen (Siumut)
Area

[2]

• 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).

## Creation[edit]

It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq, as well as two former municipalities of western Greenland, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut.

## Geography[edit]

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 third-smallest municipality of Greenland.

## Politics[edit]

Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.[5]

### Municipal council[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: List of cities and towns in Greenland

### Maniitsoq area[edit]

* Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen)
* Atammik
* Kangaamiut
* Napasoq

### Sisimiut area[edit]

* Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
* Itilleq
* Kangerlussuaq (Søndrestrøm)
* Sarfannguit

## Transport[edit]

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 exists between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut and was built 2020-2021.[6][7][8]

## See also[edit]

* KANUKOKA

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qeqqata.

1. ^ Qeqqata Municipality Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Greenlandic)
2. ^ Statistics Greenland, Greenland in Figures 2010
3. ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
4. ^ Qeqqata Kommunia, municipal page
5. ^ Qeqqata.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
6. ^ Greenland’s first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle
7. ^ First overland road project between Greenlandic towns
8. ^ ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig

Places adjacent to Qeqqata

|  | Qeqertalik |

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Baffin Bay |

Qeqqata

| Sermersooq
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Administrative divisions of Greenland (since 2018)

Municipalities|

* Avannaata
* Kujalleq
* Qeqertalik
* Qeqqata
* Sermersooq

Unincorporated Areas|

* Pituffik Space Base
* Northeast Greenland National Park

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Administrative regions of the Kingdom of Denmark

Denmark|

* Capital Region of Denmark
* Mid Jutland Region
* North Jutland Region
* Region Zealand
* Region of Southern Denmark

Overseas autonomous countries|

|  Faroe Islands|

* Eysturoy
* Norðoyar
* Sandoy
* Streymoy
* Suðuroy
* Vágar

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Greenland|

* Avannaata
* Qeqertalik
* Qeqqata
* Sermersooq
* Kujalleq

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