Avannaata

Avannaata
Avannaata Kommunia
Municipality
Avannaata municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Avannaata within Greenland
Coordinates (Avannaata Commune): 76°00′N 57°00′W / 76.000°N 57.000°W / 76.000; -57.000Coordinates: 76°00′N 57°00′W / 76.000°N 57.000°W / 76.000; -57.000
State  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country  Greenland
Municipality Avannaata
Established 1 January 2018
Municipal center Ilulissat
Government
 • Mayor Palle Jeremiassen (Siumut)
Area
 • Total 522,700 km2 (201,800 sq mi)
Population (2017)[1]
 • Total 10,651
 • Density 0.02/km2 (0.05/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-03, UTC-04
Calling code +299
Website avannaata.gl

Avannaata (English: The North, (Greenlandic pronunciation: [avanːaːta]) is a new municipality of Greenland created January 1, 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompass an area of 522,700 km² and has approximately 10,600 inhabitants.

Geography

In the south, Avannaata is flanked by the Qeqertalik municipality. In the southeast, it is bordered by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north-south (45° West meridian) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq), and as such is free of traffic. In the east and northeast it is bordered by the Northeast Greenland National Park.

At the southern end of the municipal coastline are the waters of Disko Bay, although some Disko Bay communities belong to the municipality of Qeqertalik. This bay is an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay, which to the north edges into the island of Greenland in the form of Melville Bay. The coastline of northeastern Baffin Bay is dotted with islands of the Upernavik Archipelago, which is entirely contained within the municipality. In the far northwest near Qaanaaq and Siorapaluk, the municipal shores extended into Nares Strait, which separates Greenland from Ellesmere Island.

Denmark claims Hans Island as part of Avannaata, while Canada considers it to be part of the Nunavut region of Qikiqtaaluk.

Towns and settlements

Language

Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in the towns and settlements of the western and northwestern coasts. Inuktun is also spoken in and around Qaanaaq.

See also

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Kommuni pillugu". Avannaata Kommunia (in Greenlandic)
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