Tunu/Østgrønland was one of the three counties (amt) of Greenland

Greenland

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, until 31 December 2008. The county seat

County seat

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 was at the main settlement, Tasiilaq

Tasiilaq

Tasiilaq is a town in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. With 1,930 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland...

. Population in 2005 was around 3,800.

The county was made up of two former municipalities, Ammassalik Municipality and Illoqqortoormiut, while part of the Northeast Greenland National Park

Northeast Greenland National Park

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 covered the northern half of the county.

It was bordered in the east by the Greenland Sea

Greenland Sea

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, Norwegian Sea

Norwegian Sea

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, Denmark Strait

Denmark Strait

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 and the North Atlantic Ocean. To the west lies Kitaa

Kitaa

Kitaa/Vestgrønland was the most populous of the three counties of Greenland, being home to almost 90% of the total population. The county seat was the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk....

.

See also

• Subdivisions of Norden
• Administrative divisions of Greenland
• Erik the Red's Land
  Erik the Red's Land
  Erik the Red's Land was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse settlements in Greenland in the 10th century...
  
  
• East Greenland Current
  East Greenland Current
  The East Greenland Current is a cold, low salinity current that extends from Fram Strait to Cape Farewell . The current is located off the eastern coast of Greenland along the Greenland continental margin. The current cuts through the Nordic Seas and through the Denmark Strait...
  
  
• Eastern Settlement
  Eastern Settlement
  The Eastern Settlement was the largest and first of the three areas of Greenland, settled in approximately 985 AD by Norse farmers from Iceland . At its peak it contained approximately 4,000 inhabitants...