Sermersooq

Sermersooq
Sted med meget is (Danish)
Sermersooq Municipality
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq (Greenlandic)
Sermersooq Municipality
Clockwise from top left: Nuuk, Kulusuk, Tasiilaq, Kangertittivaq
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; -40.000
Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Greenland
Established1 January 2009
Municipal centerNuuk
Government
 • MayorAvaaraq Olsen (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
Area
 • Total531,900 km2 (205,400 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total23,123
 • Density0.043/km2 (0.11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-03, UTC-01
Calling code+299
ISO 3166 codeGL-SM
Websitesermersooq.gl
East coast of Sermersooq, just south of 64°N

Sermersooq (Greenlandic pronunciation: [sɜm.mɜs.sɔːq̚], Danish: Sted med meget is, lit.'place of much ice') is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities.[2] Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 23,123 inhabitants as of January 2020.[3]

  1. ^ Sermersooq Municipality: Administration
  2. ^ a b "Welcome to Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq". Sermersooq Municipality, Official Website. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

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