symbols instead of syllabics. Nunavut (/ˈnʊnəvʊt/, /ˈnuːnəvuːt/; French: [nunavut], [nunavʊt], [nynavʏt]; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, [nunaˈvut], lit. 'our land') is the...
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Iqaluit (redirect from Iqualuit, Nunavut)
fish'; 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...
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Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island...
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Baffin Island (redirect from Baffin Island, Nunavut)
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas...
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The premier of Nunavut (Inuktitut: ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ; Inuinnaqtun: Hivuliqti Nunavunmi; French: premier ministre du Nunavut) is the first minister for the Canadian...
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Air Nunavut, trading as Smooth Air, is an airline based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It is the only local and Inuit-owned air carrier in the eastern Arctic...
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subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky...
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lit. 'place with no dawn') is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage...
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Rankin Inlet (redirect from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut)
hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut, after the territorial capital, Iqaluit...
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Qamani'tuaq 'where the river widens') is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located 320 km (200 mi) inland from Hudson Bay, it...
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850 km (530 mi) of roads and highways across the Canadian territory of Nunavut, which is the only province/territory not connected by road to other parts...
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commissioner of Nunavut (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᓯᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ, romanized: Kamisin Nunavumut; Inuinnaqtun: Kamisinauyuq Nunavunmut; French: Commissaire du Nunavut) is the Government...
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The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was established in 1999 from the Northwest Territories by the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, is divided...
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Grise Fiord (redirect from Grise Ford, Nunavut)
hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of three populated places on the island; despite its...
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Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, which enters Eureka Sound...
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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...
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creation of a new territory of Nunavut to the east, through the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. While Nunavut is mostly Arctic tundra, the...
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The Executive Council of Nunavut or cabinet includes a Premier and eight Ministers and is elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from among...
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is now the Kenora District of Ontario, northern Manitoba, and mainland Nunavut. The government of Keewatin was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The territory...
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The Canadian territory of Nunavut was formed in April 1999, by the splitting of the Northwest Territories. At the time of division, the governments of...
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Big Island (redirect from Big Island, Nunavut)
Inlet; see Imiliit Big Island (Hudson Bay, Nunavut), near Puvirnituq, Quebec Big Island (James Bay, Nunavut), near Chisasibi, Quebec Qikiqtarjuaq (Hudson...
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Nunavut Day (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ) is a public holiday in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. On July 9, 1993, following the passing of the 1982 plebiscite...
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Canada in Nunavut Lakes in Nunavut Rivers in Nunavut Communities in Nunavut Municipalities in Nunavut Demographics of Nunavut Elections of Nunavut General...
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The official flag of Nunavut was proclaimed on 1 April 1999, along with the territory of Nunavut in Canada. It features a red inuksuk—a traditional Inuit...
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Cambridge Bay (redirect from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut)
403) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest settlement on Victoria Island. Cambridge Bay...
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Qikiqtaaluk Region (redirect from Baffin Region, Nunavut)
the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island...
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BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU This is a list of communities in Nunavut, Canada. Many of these communities have alternate names or spellings in...
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Nunavut is one of Canada's territories, and has established several territorial symbols. Like Yukon, Nunavut does not have an official Great Seal. Prior...
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welcomed its most recent territory, Nunavut, on April 1, 1999, after it separated from the Northwest Territories. With Nunavut's separation from the Northwest...
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