Kitaa
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Kitaa/Vestgrønland (West Greenland) is the most populous of the three counties (amt) of Greenland, being home to almost 90% of the total population. The county seat is the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk.
It is bordered in the west by the Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Labrador Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. To the east lies East Greenland.
All but three of the island territory's municipalities are located in West Greenland. These are (in geographical order, from south to north):
- Nanortalik
- Qaqortoq
- Narsaq
- Ivittuut
- Paamiut
- Nuuk
- Maniitsoq
- Sisimiut
- Kangaatsiaq
- Aasiaat
- Qasigiannguit
- Ilulissat
- Qeqertarsuaq
- Uumannaq
- Upernavik
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