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.
3-487: Kangerluk (old spelling: Kangerdluk ), also called Diskofjord, is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality, in western Greenland , located on the southwestern shore of Disko Island along with the island's biggest settlement Qeqertarsuaq on the southern shore. It had 11 inhabitants in 2020. Kangerluk is rapidly depopulating, having lost two thirds of its population since 2010. This Greenland location article
6-592: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Qeqertalik Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the Qeqqata municipality and in the northeast by Avannaata . Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south ( 45° West meridian ) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet ( Greenlandic : Sermersuaq ), and as such
9-628: Is free of traffic. Communities of Qeqertalik encircle Disko Bay , an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay , while the northeastern shores and Nuussuaq Peninsula belong to the neighboring municipality of Avannaata . Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Kalaallisut , the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik along with Danish . This Greenland location article
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