Avannaa
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This article is about the former Greenlandic county. For the former Danish colony, see North Greenland.
Not to be confused with Avannaata.
Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), was one of the three counties (Danish: amt) of Greenland, until 31 December 2008. The county seat was at the main settlement, Qaanaaq.
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It was one of the least-densely-populated administrative divisions in the world, with 843 people living in 106,700 km2 of ice-free land for a density of 0.0079 people per square kilometre. The total land area including the land covered by the ice cap is over 500,000 km2. North Greenland has a higher portion of ice-free land than most other areas of the country because much of the extreme north, such as Peary Land, is largely ice-free due to its low precipitation.[1]
The county was also sometimes known as Avannaarsua or Avanersuaq.