Sermersooq
municipality of Greenland
Sermersooq (Greenlandic: [seʁmeʁsoːq̚], place of much ice, Danish: sted med meget is) 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.
Sermersooq Municipality
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sermersooq within Greenland | |
| Coordinates (Sermersooq Commune): 66°00′N 40°00′W / 66.000°N 40.000°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | 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)[3] | |
| • Total | 21,868 |
| • Density | 0.041/km2 (0.11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03, UTC-01 |
| Calling code | +299 |
| ISO 3166 code | GL-SM |
| Website | sermersooq.gl |
Geography
changeSermersooq 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.
References
change- ↑ 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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