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Nunavut covers 1,836,993.78 km 2 (709,267.26 sq mi) [2] of land and 160,930 km 2 (62,137 sq mi) [3] of water in Northern Canada. The territory includes part of the mainland, most of the Arctic Archipelago, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay, including the Belcher Islands, all of which were part of the Northwest ...
History of Nunavut. 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 ...
Geography of Nunavut. 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 Northwest Territories.
Iqaluit is the northernmost city in Canada, at 63 degrees north of the Equator. Iqaluit is located in the Everett Mountains, which rise from Koojesse Inlet, [ 14 ] an inlet of Frobisher Bay, on the southeast part of Baffin Island. It is well to the east of Nunavut's mainland, and northeast of Hudson Bay.
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]
Iqaluit, Nunavut's capital city and largest municipality. Rankin Inlet, Nunavut's second-largest municipality, largest hamlet and runner-up in the 1995 capital city plebiscite. Nunavut's third-largest municipality and second-largest hamlet is Arviat. Baker Lake is the fourth-largest municipality in Nunavut.
The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was established in 1999 from the Northwest Territories by the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, is divided into three regions. Though these regions have no governments of their own, Nunavut's territorial government services are highly decentralized on a regional basis. [further explanation needed].
Outline of Nunavut. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nunavut: Nunavut is the largest and newest territory of Canada. It was officially separated from the Northwest Territories via the Nunavut Act to provide the Inuit of the region a degree of self-government. Iqaluit is the capital and largest city.