Qeqertalik


Qeqertalik is a new municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality.

Geography

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 through the center of the Greenland ice sheet, and as such 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.

Politics

Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.

Municipal council

Towns and settlements

Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik along with Danish.