Sermersooq (place of much ice) is the most populous municipality of Greenland. Its capital and largest city is Nuuk, also the capital and largest city of Greenland. It was created on 1 January 2009 and is made of five municipalities. Its total population: 21,868

Sermersooq borders the Labrador Sea to the west and the Denmark Strait to the east. It borders the municipalities of Kujalleq, Qeqqata, Qeqertalik and Avanaata. To the north is Northeast Greenland National Park.

The municipality consists of former municipalities of eastern and southwestern Greenland: Ammassalik, Ittoqqortoormiit, Ivittuut, Nuuk and Paamiut.

Its flag is white with its shield in the middle of the flag. The shield is white charged with inuit stone-emblem, a yellow sun, and blue wavy stripes representing the sea.

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