Sermersooq
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. 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.
Sermersooq
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| Sermersooq Municipality Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq (Greenlandic) | |
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Location of Sermersooq within Greenland | |
| Coordinates (Sermersooq Commune): 66°00′N 40°00′W | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous country | Greenland |
| Established | 1 January 2009 |
| Municipal center | Nuuk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Avaaraq Olsen (Inuit Ataqatigiit) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 531,900 km2 (205,400 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 23,123 |
| • Density | 0.043/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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