Qaasuitsup
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Qaasuitsup (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Place of Polar Darkness) was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009[1] to 31 December 2017.[2] As of January 2015, its population was 17,168.[3] The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat (Jacobshavn).
Creation
The municipality consisted of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:
- Aasiaat Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
- Kangaatsiaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
- Ilulissat Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
- Qaanaaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
- Qasigiannguit Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
- Qeqertarsuaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
- Uummannaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
- Upernavik Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
Dissolution
Effective 1 January 2018, Qaasuitsup Kommunia was partitioned into two new municipalities:
- Avannaata Kommunia: comprising Ilulissat, Uummannaq, Upernavik, Qaanaaq and surrounding settlements; and
- Kommune Qeqertalik: comprising Aasiaat, Qasigiannguit, Qeqertarsuaq, Kangaatsiaq and surrounding settlements.[2]
Geography
The municipality was located in northwestern Greenland. With an area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[4] it was the largest municipality in the world by area,[5] larger than France at Script error: No such module "convert"..[6]
In the south, it was flanked by the Qeqqata municipality. In the southeast, it was bordered by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border ran north–south (45° West meridian) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet (Template:Langx), and as such was free of traffic. In the east and northeast it was bordered by the Northeast Greenland National Park.
At the southern end of the municipal coastline were the waters of Disko Bay, an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay, which to the north edges into the island of Greenland in the form of Melville Bay. The coastline of northeastern Baffin Bay is dotted with islands of the Upernavik Archipelago, which was entirely contained within the municipality. In the far northwest near Qaanaaq and Siorapaluk, the municipal shores extended into Nares Strait, which separates Greenland from Ellesmere Island.
Denmark claimed Hans Island as part of Qaasuitsup (now Avannaata), while Canada considers it to be part of the Nunavut region of Qikiqtaaluk.
Administrative divisions
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Now in present Avannaata Municipality
Ilulissat area
Qaanaaq area
- Qaanaaq (Thule)
- Qeqertat
- Savissivik
- Siorapaluk
Uummannaq area
- Upernavik
- Aappilattoq
- Innaarsuit
- Kangersuatsiaq (Prøven)
- Kullorsuaq
- Naajaat
- Nutaarmiut
- Nuussuaq (Kraulshavn)
- Tasiusaq
- Tussaaq Island
- Upernavik Kujalleq (Søndre Upernavik)
Now in present Qeqertalik Municipality
Aasiaat area
- Aasiaat (Egedesminde)
- Akunnaaq
- Kitsissuarsuit (Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island)
Kangaatsiaq area
- Kangaatsiaq (Prøven)
- Attu
- Iginniarfik
- Ikerasaarsuk
- Niaqornaarsuk
Qasigiannguit area
- Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb)
- Ikamiut
Qeqertarsuaq area
- Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)
- Kangerluk (Diskofjord)
Language
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See also
References and notes
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External links
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