William Dalrymple (historian)

Politics of Greenland
Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Taxation
The Crown Monarch King Frederik X Privy Council Purveyors to the Royal Court
Realm Kingdom of Denmark Greenland Denmark Faroe Islands
Executive Regeringen The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark Government Frederiksen II Prime Minister (list) Mette Frederiksen Government Offices Ministries High Commissioner (list) Julie Præst Wilche Naalakkersuisut The Government of Greenland Government Nielsen Premier (list) Jens-Frederik Nielsen Government Offices Ministries Privy Council Council of State Queen Margrethe II
Legislature Inatsisartut Parliament of Greenland (20th National Parliament) Speaker Mimi Karlsen Members Folketinget Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark (72nd Kingdom Parliament) Speaker Søren Gade Members
Judiciary Supreme Court High Court Courts
Elections Political parties Recent elections Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: 2011 2015 2019 Greenlandic Parliament: 2013 2014 2018 2021 Local elections: 2017 2021 Referendums Act of Succession Self-government EEC membership Home rule Alcohol
Administrative divisions Municipalities Cities and towns Unincorporated areas: Northeast Greenland National Park Pituffik Space Base
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Steen Lynge Diplomatic missions of / to Greenland Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Arctic policy of the Kingdom Greenland–European Union relations Overseas countries and territories EU-OCT Association (OCTA) Politics of the European Union Arctic policy of the EU
Related topics Arctic Command Defence Command Politics of Denmark Politics of the Faroe Islands Unitarism Self rule
Other countries

Greenland is divided into five municipalities and two unincorporated areas. The municipalities are Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq.^[1][2] Northeast Greenland National Park is a huge unincorporated area that is outside the municipalities and larger than any of them. Pituffik Space Base is a small unincorporated enclave surrounded by the Avannaata municipality and administered by the United States Space Force.

Name	Name in Kalaallisut	Municipal center	Coat of arms	ISO[3]	Population	Area (km2)	Density
Avannaata	Avannaata Kommunia	Ilulissat		GL-AV	10,726[4]	522,700	0.02
Kujalleq	Kommune Kujalleq	Qaqortoq		GL-KU	6,439	32,000	0.2
Qeqertalik	Kommune Qeqertalik	Aasiaat		GL-QT	6,340[5]	62,400	0.11
Qeqqata	Qeqqata Kommunia	Sisimiut		GL-QE	9,378	115,500	0.08
Sermersooq	Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq	Nuuk		GL-SM	23,123	531,900	0.04

Greenland was divided into two inspectorates in 1782 – North Greenland, with its capital at Godhavn (now called Qeqertarsuaq), and South Greenland, with its capital at Godthaab (now Nuuk). These were directed by inspectors until 1924, then by governors. The two divisions were amalgamated in 1950 and the administration centralized at Godthaab.

In 1953 a new constitution of Denmark promoted Greenland to full membership in the Danish state, with all of its inhabitants given Danish citizenship.

For statistical and some regulatory purposes the country was divided into three divisions (landsdele) in 1951: West Greenland, North Greenland and East Greenland. The large Northeast Greenland National Park was established in 1974, encompassing the northern part of East Greenland, and amended with the eastern part of North Greenland in 1988.

With the advent of home rule in 1979, the names were Greenlandicized to Kitaa, Tunu, and Avannaa. By 2008, Kitaa had 15 municipalities, Tunu had 2, and Avannaa 1.

In 1908 Greenland was divided into 63 municipalities with elected municipal councils. After the modernization phase started in the 1950s these were consolidated, and by 1979 there were 18 municipalities.

The structural reform on 1 January 2009 created four enlarged municipalities. Of these, Qaasuitsup Kommunia, the largest, was partitioned on 1 January 2018 to form the new municipalities of Avannaata and Qeqertalik.^[2]

Southern part:

• Nanortalik Municipality
• Qaqortoq Municipality
• Narsaq Municipality
• Ivittuut Municipality
• Paamiut Municipality

Central part:

• Nuuk Municipality
• Maniitsoq Municipality
• Sisimiut Municipality
• Kangaatsiaq Municipality
• Aasiaat Municipality
• Qasigiannguit Municipality
• Ilulissat Municipality
• Qeqertarsuaq Municipality

Northern part:

• Uummannaq Municipality
• Upernavik Municipality

• Ammassalik Municipality
• Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality
• Northeast Greenland National Park (southern part) (unincorporated)

• Qaanaaq Municipality
• Thule Air Base (Pituffik) (unincorporated)

• KANUKOKA, the municipalities' leadership council
• Subdivisions of the Nordic countries
• ISO 3166-2:GL
• ISO 3166-2:DK