Kujalleq (, "South") is a new municipality in the southern tip of
Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. With 7,151 inhabitants as of January 2013, it is the least-populated municipality in Greenland. The administrative center of the municipality is in
Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb). The municipality consists of the former municipalities of southern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:
In addition to the area of the former municipalities, the southernmost tip of Greenland was added to the new administrative entity. The land area stretches from the Kangerlussuatsiaq fjord (in Danish
Lindenowfjorden) to the southeastern
Atlantic coast and
Cape Farewell. The area previously belonged to
Ammassalik Municipality and is uninhabited.