Qeqqata
Creation
It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq and 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 are 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 km (44,594.8 sq mi), it is the third-smallest municipality of Greenland.
Politics
Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.
Municipal council
Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 (Gammel Sukkertoppen)
- Napasoq
Sisimiut area
- Sisimiut (Holstensborg)
- Itilleq
- Kangerlussuaq (Søndre 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 exists between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut and was built in 2020-2021.
See also
References
- ^ Qeqqata Municipality Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Greenlandic)
- ^ Statistics Greenland, Greenland in Figures 2010
- ^ "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