Sermersooq

Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
Municipality
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	Location of Sermersooq within Greenland Location of Sermersooq within Greenland
	Coordinates (Sermersooq Commune): 66°00′N 40°00′W / 66.000°N 40.000°WCoordinates: 66°00′N 40°00′W / 66.000°N 40.000°W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
Municipality	20px Sermersooq
Established	1 January 2009
Municipal center	Nuuk
Government
• Mayor	Asii Chemnitz Narup (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
• Total	531,900 km2 (205,400 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	21,868
• Density	0.041113/km2 (0.106482/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03, UTC-01
ISO 3166 code	GL-SM
Website	sermersooq.gl

Sermersooq (Greenlandic: [seʁmeʁsoːq̚], place of much ice, Danish: [sted med meget is] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the most populous municipality of Greenland. Its capital and largest city is Nuuk, which is also the capital and largest city of Greenland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when five municipalities were combined together to make Sermersooq.

Geography

Sermersooq borders the Labrador Sea to the west and the Denmark Strait to the east. It borders all the municipalities of Kujalleq, Qeqqata, Qeqertalik and Avannaata. To the north is Northeast Greenland National Park.

Sermersooq Media

East coast of Greenland, just S of 64N.jpg

East coast of Greenland, just S of 64N

References

↑ Sermersooq Municipality: Administration Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Welcome to Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq". Sermersooq Municipality, Official Website. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
↑ Greenland in Figures 2013 (PDF). Statistics Greenland. ISBN 978-87-986787-7-9. ISSN 1602-5709. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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[1] Sermersooq Municipality: Administration Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

[sooq-2] "Welcome to Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq". Sermersooq Municipality, Official Website. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

[stat2013-3] Greenland in Figures 2013 (PDF). Statistics Greenland. ISBN 978-87-986787-7-9. ISSN 1602-5709. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
Municipality
250px
Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of Sermersooq within Greenland Location of Sermersooq within Greenland
Coordinates (Sermersooq Commune): 66°00′N 40°00′W / 66.000°N 40.000°W / 66.000; -40.000Coordinates: 66°00′N 40°00′W / 66.000°N 40.000°W / 66.000; -40.000
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
Municipality	20px Sermersooq
Established	1 January 2009
Municipal center	Nuuk
Government ^[1]
• Mayor	Asii Chemnitz Narup (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area ^[2]
• Total	531,900 km² (205,400 sq mi)
Population (2013)^[3]
• Total	21,868
• Density	0.041113/km² (0.106482/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-03, UTC-01
ISO 3166 code	GL-SM
Website	sermersooq.gl