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Creation [ edit ]
The municipality consisted of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:
Dissolution [ edit ]
Effective 1 January 2018, Qaasuitsup Kommunia was partitioned into two new municipalities:
Geography [ edit ]
The municipality was located in northwestern Greenland. With an area of 660,000 km 2 mi ),[4] municipality in the world by area,[5] France at 643,427 km 2 mi ).[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 (Greenlandic : Sermersuaq ), 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 [ edit ]
Now in present Avannaata Municipality [ edit ]
Ilulissat area [ edit ]
Qaanaaq area [ edit ]
Uummannaq area [ edit ]
Upernavik area [ edit ]
Now in present Qeqertalik Municipality [ edit ]
Aasiaat area [ edit ]
Kangaatsiaq area [ edit ]
Qasigiannguit area [ edit ]
Qeqertarsuaq area [ edit ]
Language [ edit ]
Kalaallisut , the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in the towns and settlements of the western and northwestern coasts. Inuktun is also spoken in and around Qaanaaq.
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^ a b "Nittartakkat nutaat: avannaata.gl kiisalu qeqertalik.gl" . Retrieved 2018-01-07 .
^ "Fakta om kommunen" (in Danish). Qaasuitsup Municipality, Official Website. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010 .
^ not considering the Chilean Antarctic commune , which is not internationally recognized
^ France at the CIA World Factbook
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