Sermersooq
municipality of Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Sermersooq Municipality
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq | |
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Coordinates (Sermersooq Commune): 66°00′N 40°00′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 |
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