Qeqqata
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Qeqqata (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Template:Langx) is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country.[1] Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020.[2] The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut (formerly called Holstensborg).
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; however, 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 Script error: No such module "convert"., it is the third-smallest municipality of Greenland.
Politics
Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.[3]
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)b. | |||||||
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 63.8% | ||||||||
| 2025 | 1 | 2a. | 2a. | 4 | 6 | 55.9% | |||||||
| Data from Valg.gl | |||||||||||||
a. Despite the Democrats (D) winning a greater share of the vote than Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) (with the former supposedly awarded 3 seats and the latter only 1 seat), only 2 candidates from (D) actually ran for local council in the respective municipality. Therefore, to ensure proportionality in the council, IA was awarded the second seat instead.[4][5]
b.2025: S-IA coalition[6]
Administrative divisions
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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.[7][8][9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Qeqqata Kommunia, municipal page
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- ↑ Qeqqata.gl "Kommunalbestyrelsen"
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- ↑ 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
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