Qaasuitsup

Also known as Place of Polar Darkness

400px|right|thumb|Clockwise from top left: Ukkusissat, [[Upernavik, Ilulissat Icefjord, Uummannaq]]

Key facts

Former subdivision.nation: Greenland
Former subdivision.conventional_long_name: Qaasuitsup Kommunia
Former subdivision.common_name: Qaasuitsup
Former subdivision.image_coat: Qaasuitsup-coat-of-arms.svg
Former subdivision.image_map: Qaasuitsup in Greenland.svg
Former subdivision.image_map_caption: Location of Qaasuitsup within Greenland
Former subdivision.subdivision: Municipality
Former subdivision.year_start: 2009
Former subdivision.year_end: 2017
Former subdivision.date_start: 1 January
Former subdivision.date_end: 31 December
Former subdivision.capital: Ilulissat
Former subdivision.title_leader: Mayor
Former subdivision.leader1: Ole Dorph
Former subdivision.stat_area1: 660000
Former subdivision.stat_pop1: 17168
Former subdivision.stat_year1: 2015
Former subdivision.footnotes: Population data:; ISO code: GL-QA; Calling code: +299

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Creation
Dissolution
Geography
Administrative divisions
Now in present [[Avannaata]] Municipality
Ilulissat area
Qaanaaq area
Uummannaq area
Upernavik area
Now in present [[Qeqertalik]] Municipality
Aasiaat area
Kangaatsiaq area
Qasigiannguit area
Qeqertarsuaq area
Language
See also
References and notes
External links

400px|right|thumb|Clockwise from top left: Ukkusissat, [[Upernavik, Ilulissat Icefjord, Uummannaq]]

Qaasuitsup (, Place of Polar Darkness) was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. As of January 2015, its population was 17,168. The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat (Jacobshavn).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qaasuitsup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.