
The three counties of Greenland
'
Greenland' consists of three counties (''
amt''):
Kitaa/Vestgrønland (West Greenland),
Tunu/Østgrønland (East Greenland) and
Avannaa/Nordgrønland (North Greenland). Kitaa has 15 municipalities; Tunu has 2 and Avannaa has 1. The large
Northeast Greenland National Park is in both East Greenland and North Greenland, but not part of any municipality (
unincorporated). Also,
Thule Air Base (Pituffik), located as an
enclave within
Qaanaaq municipality, is an unincorporated area and does not belong to Qaanaaq or any other municipality.
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Kitaa (West Greenland) ==
(In geographical order, from south to north)
Southern part:
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Nanortalik municipality
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Qaqortoq municipality
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Narsaq municipality
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Ivittuut municipality
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Paamiut municipality
Central part:
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Nuuk municipality
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Maniitsoq municipality
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Sisimiut municipality
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Kangaatsiaq municipality
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Aasiaat municipality
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Qasigiannguit municipality
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Ilulissat municipality
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Qeqertarsuaq municipality
Northern part:
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Uumannaq municipality
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Upernavik municipality
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Northeast Greenland National Park (small part) (
unincorporated)
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Tunu (East Greenland) ==
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Ammassalik municipality
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Ittoqqortoormiit municipality
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Northeast Greenland National Park (southern part) (
unincorporated)
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Avannaa (North Greenland) ==
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Qaanaaq municipality
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Thule Air Base (
Pituffik) (
unincorporated)
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Northeast Greenland National Park (northern part) (
unincorporated)
See also
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Subdivisions of ''Norden''