Qeqqata

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Qeqqata

| official_name = Qeqqata Municipality
{{native name|kl|Qeqqata Kommunia}}

| other_name = {{native name|da|Centrum}}

| type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Qeqqata-montage.jpg

| image_alt = Qeqqata municipality

| image_caption = Clockwise from top left: Davis Strait, Sisimiut, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Sermersut Island

| image_flag = Flag of Qeqqata.svg

| image_shield = Qeqqata-coat-of-arms.svg

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Qeqqata in Greenland 2018.svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location of the Qeqqata municipality within Greenland

| mapsize = 250px

| coordinates = {{coord|66|30|N|48|00|W|region:GL_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint = Qeqqata Commune

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous country

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Greenland}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = 22px Qeqqata

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 January 2009

| seat_type = Municipal center

| seat = Sisimiut

| government_footnotes = [http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/Administration/tabid/73/language/nn-NO/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306043433/http://qeqqata.gl/OmKommunen/Administration/tabid/73/language/nn-NO/Default.aspx |date=March 6, 2012 }} {{in lang|kl}}

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Malik Berthelsen (Siumut)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = Statistics Greenland, [http://www.stat.gl/LinkClick.aspx?link=Greenland+in+Figures%2fGIF_2010.pdf Greenland in Figures 2010]

| area_total_km2 = 115500

| area_total_sq_mi = 44595

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title= Population by Localities|url = https://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=27d6ab46-03f8-43bd-868c-24a2a5a0a8e0|publisher = Statistical Greenland|access-date = 7 April 2020 }}

| population_total = 9378

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = UTC-03

| area_code_type = Calling code

| area_code = +299

| iso_code = GL-QE

| website = [http://qeqqata.gl qeqqata.gl]

| footnotes =

}}

Qeqqata ({{IPA|kl|qɜqːata}}, {{langx|da|Centrum|lit=Centre}}) 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200806142659/http://www.qeqqata.gl/Info/tabid/55/language/en-US/Default.aspx Qeqqata Kommunia, municipal page] Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020.{{cite web|title= Population by Localities|url = https://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=27d6ab46-03f8-43bd-868c-24a2a5a0a8e0|publisher = Statistical Greenland|access-date = 7 April 2020 }} 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, although 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 {{convert|115500|km2|mi2|1|abbr=on}}, it is the third-smallest municipality of Greenland.

Politics

Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.[https://qeqqata.gl/Emner/Politik/Kommunalbestyrelsen?sc_lang=da#x5b9676cacdd74bdfb0d4b06cbcc4b943 Qeqqata.gl] "Kommunalbestyrelsen"

===Municipal council===

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="5"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Total
seats

! rowspan="2"| Turnout

! rowspan="2"| Elected
mayor

{{party color cell|Solidarity (Greenland)}}Atassut

|{{party color cell|Democrats (Greenland)}}Democrats (Greenland)

|{{party color cell|Community of the People}}Inuit Ataqatigiit

|{{party color cell|Partii Naleraq}}Partii Naleraq

|{{party color cell|Forward (Greenland)}}Siumut

2008

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="5" |15

|59.7%

2013

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|57.6%

|Hermann Berthelsen (S)

2017

|61.1%

|rowspan="3"|Malik Berthelsen (S)^b.

2021

|63.8%

2025

|2^a.

|55.9%

colspan="14"|Data from [https://valg.gl/resultater 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.{{Cite web|title=OVERBLIK: Siumut fastholder vælgerne ved kommunalvalget og bliver størst i tre kommuner - Godt valg for Malik Berthelsen i Qeqqata Kommunia|url=https://www.sermitsiaq.ag/samfund/overblik-siumut-fastholder-vaelgerne-ved-kommunalvalget-og-bliver-storst-i-tre-kommuner/2216626|date=2025-04-02|access-date=2025-04-11|website=Sermitsiaq.ag|language=da }}{{Cite web|title=Qinersineq.gl - Seats and Substitutes (Qeqqata Kommunia)|url=https://valg.gl/seats-and-substitutes|access-date=2025-04-11|website=valg.ag|language=en }}}

^{b.2025: S-IA coalition{{Cite web|title=IA og Siumut finder sammen i Qeqqata|url=https://www.sermitsiaq.ag/samfund/ia-og-siumut-finder-sammen-i-qeqqata/2218754|date=2025-04-07|access-date=2025-04-11|website=Sermitsiaq.ag|language=da }}}

Administrative divisions

=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.[https://www.arctictoday.com/greenlands-first-road-project-connecting-settlements-clears-its-last-hurdle/ Greenland’s first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle][https://polarjournal.ch/en/2020/06/24/first-overland-road-project-between-greenlandic-towns/ First overland road project between Greenlandic towns][https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/232296 ATV-sporet mellem Kangerlussuaq og Sisimiut er færdig]