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Qaasuitsup ((グリーンランド語:Qaasuitsup Kommunia), "Place of Polar Darkness") is a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009.〔(Qaasuitsup Municipality ) 〕 As of January 2013 its population is 17,498.〔 The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat (formerly called Jakobshavn). The municipality consists of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement: * Aasiaat Municipality * Kangaatsiaq Municipality * Ilulissat Municipality * Qaanaaq Municipality * Qasigiannguit Municipality * Qeqertarsuaq Municipality * Uummannaq Municipality * Upernavik Municipality == Geography == The municipality is located in northwestern Greenland. With an area of , it is the largest municipality in the world by area,〔not considering the Chilean Antarctic ''commune'', which is not internationally recognized〕 larger than France at .〔(France ) at the CIA World Factbook〕 In the south, it is flanked by the Qeqqata 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 ((グリーンランド語: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, 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, entirely contained within the municipality. In the far northwest near Qaanaaq and Siorapaluk, the municipal shores extend into Nares Strait, which separates Greenland from Ellesmere Island. Denmark claims Hans Island as part of Qaasuitsup, while Canada considers it to be part of the Nunavut region of Qikiqtaaluk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Qaasuitsup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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