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Nunavut ( / ˈnʊnəvʊt / NUU-nə-vuut, / ˈnuːnəvuːt / NOO-nə-voot; French: [nunavut], [nunavʊt], [nynavʏt]; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, [nunaˈvut], lit. 'our land' [11]) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act [12] and the ...
The history of Nunavut covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Eskimo thousands of years ago to present day. Prior to the colonization of the continent by Europeans, the lands encompassing present-day Nunavut were inhabited by several historical cultural groups, including the Pre-Dorset, the Dorsets, the Thule and their descendants, the ...
Iqaluit ( / iˈkæluɪt / ee-KAL-oo-it; Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, [iqaluit], lit. 'place of many fish'; [8] French: [i.ka.lu.it]) is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the territory's largest community and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast on which ...
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world, [5] [6] on Ellesmere Island ( Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station, off what is ...
Geography of Nunavut. Coordinates: 60°N 102°W. The Canadian territory of Nunavut covers about 1.9 million square kilometres (733,594 sq. miles) of land and water including part of the mainland, most of the Arctic islands, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay (including the Belcher Islands) which belonged to the ...
Demographics of Nunavut. Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It has a land area of 1,877,787.62 km 2 (725,017.85 sq mi). [1] It has a population of 36,858 in the 2021 Census. In the 2016 census the population was 35,944, up 12.7% from the 2011 census figure of 31,906. [2]
Area code. 867. Arctic Bay ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, Ikpiarjuk "the pocket") is an Inuit hamlet located in the northern part of the Borden Peninsula on Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Arctic Bay is located in the Eastern Time Zone although it is quite close to the time zone boundary.
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ pronounced [qikiqtaːˈluk]) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, [1] northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. [2] Although the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most ...