Sermersooq (Greenlandic: [ seʁmeʁsoːq̚ ], Place of Much Ice) is a recent state in Greenland, founded on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller states. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and is the most populous state in the country, with 21,868 inhabitants as of January 2013.