Qeqertalik

Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the Qeqqata municipality and in the northeast by Avannaata. Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south (45° West meridian) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet (), and as such is free of traffic. Communities of Qeqertalik encircle Disko Bay, an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay, while the northeastern shores and Nuussuaq Peninsula belong to the neighboring municipality of Avannaata. ==Politics==

Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Municipal council ==Administrative divisions==

Aasiaat area • Aasiaat (Egedesminde) • Akunnaaq • Kitsissuarsuit (Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island) Kangaatsiaq area • Kangaatsiaq • Attu • Iginniarfik • Ikerasaarsuk • Niaqornaarsuk Qasigiannguit area • Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb) • Ikamiut Qeqertarsuaq area • Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) • Kangerluk == Language ==

Kalaallisut, the West Greenlandic dialect, is spoken in Kommune Qeqertalik; Danish is also spoken in the area. == See also ==