Tunu , in Danish Østgrønland ("East Greenland"), was one of the three counties ( amter ) of Greenland until 31 December 2008. The county seat was at the main settlement, Tasiilaq . The county's population in 2005 was around 3,800.
4-642: The county was made up of two former municipalities, Ammassalik Municipality and Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality . In 1974, the Northeast Greenland National Park was created from the vast and virtually uninhabited northern part of Illoqqortoormiut Municipality. It then covered the northern half of the county. Tunu was bordered in the east by the Greenland Sea , Denmark Strait and the North Atlantic Ocean . To
8-751: The most part, the old municipality boundaries were laid out as straight lines on the ice cap , such as the 44°W line of longitude (the western border), and 69°N circle of latitude (the northern border). In the east, it borders on the Irminger Sea , a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean , and the Denmark Strait . The former capital is Tasiilaq , pop. 1,849, located on the Ammassalik Island . Other settlements within its borders are Ikkatseq (now abandoned), Kuummiut , Kulusuk , Tineteqilaaq , Sermiligaaq and Isertoq . Ammassalik
12-526: The west lies Kitaa , and to the north, Avannaa . In 1988, the National Park was enlarged into Avannaa (North Greenland). 70°00′N 31°00′W / 70.000°N 31.000°W / 70.000; -31.000 Ammassalik Municipality Ammassalik was one of two municipalities in Tunu , the former county of East Greenland − the other one being Illoqqortoormiut (further north). It
16-533: Was located in southeastern Greenland, and with an area of 232,100 km , most of it on the ice sheet , it was the largest municipality of East Greenland. It is now mostly part of the new Sermersooq municipality, except for the uninhabited area from Timmiarmiut southwards, which is part of the new Kujalleq municipality. The population was 3,031 on 1 January 2005. Due to its size, the old municipality bordered more municipalities than any other in Greenland (10): For
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