Qaasuitsup
The municipality consisted of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:
* Aasiaat Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
* Kangaatsiaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
* Ilulissat Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
* Qaanaaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
* Qasigiannguit Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
* Qeqertarsuaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik)
* Uummannaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
* Upernavik Municipality (currently in Avannaata)
Map - Qaasuitsup
Map
Country - Greenland
Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers) for more than a millennium, beginning in 986. Greenland has been inhabited at intervals over at least the last 4,500 years by Arctic peoples whose forebears migrated there from what is now Canada. Norsemen settled the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century, having previously settled Iceland. Inuit arrived in the 13th century. Though under continuous influence of Norway and Norwegians, Greenland was not formally under the Norwegian crown until 1261. The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century, after Norway was hit by the Black Death and entered a severe decline.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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DKK | Danish krone | kr | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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DA | Danish language |
EN | English language |
KL | Greenlandic language |