Qaasuitsup Municipality (historical)

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Qaasuitsup Municipality was a former large administrative region in northwestern Greenland that encompassed several coastal towns and settlements before being dissolved and divided in 2018.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former municipality
capital Ilulissat
containsSettlement Aasiaat
Akunnaaq
Attu
Iginniarfik
Ikerasaarsuk
Ikerasaarsuk (Uummannaq area)
Ilimanaq
Ilulissat
Innaarsuit
Kangaatsiaq
Kangersuatsiaq
Kitsissuarsuit
linked to: Qasigiannguit

Kullorsuaq
Niaqornaarsuk
Niaqornat
Nuussuaq
Qaanaaq
Qasigiannguit
Qeqertaq
Saqqaq
Upernavik
Uummannaq
continent North America
country Greenland
dissolutionDate 2018-01-01
formedByMergerOf Aasiaat Municipality
Ilulissat Municipality
Kangaatsiaq Municipality
Qaanaaq Municipality
Qasigiannguit Municipality
Upernavik Municipality
Uummannaq Municipality
governmentType municipal council
hasCoastlineOn Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
languageUsed Danish
Greenlandic
locatedIn Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark

northwestern Greenland
partOf Greenland local government reform of 2009
replacedBy Avannaata Municipality
Qeqertalik Municipality
startDate 2009-01-01
subdivisionType municipality
timeZone UTC−03:00
UTC−04:00

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Nares Strait borderedBy Qaasuitsup Municipality (historical)