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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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Wikidata facts

Population
17205
Area
660000
Official website
www.qaasuitsup.gl
Image
Qaasuitsup-montage.jpg
Licence plate code
GR
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Commons category
Qaasuitsup
inception
2009-01-01
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2017-12-31
native label
Qaasuitsup Kommunia
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Article

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).

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