Nunavut
NUNAVUT
Legislative Assembly - NunavutThe Okalik Administration - Nunavut
Legislatures Since 1999 - Nunavut
List of Members - Nunavut
List of Constituencies - Nunavut
Biographies - Nunavut
General Election - 2003: Nunavut
Previous General Elections - Nunavut
Created / Date de création
April 1, 1999 / le 1er avril 1999
Area / Superficie
Total - 1,900,000 sq.km/km2
Population
1996 - 24,730; 2001 - 26,745; (Estimate/Estimation 2004) 29,644
Capital / Capitale
Iqaluit
Community Populations / Population des communautés (2001)
Iqaluit: 5,236
Rankin Inlet: 2,177 Arviat: 1,899 Baker Lake: 1,507 Cambridge Bay: 1,309
Nunavut
Nunavut Territory in n Canada; the capital is Iqaluit. Once part of Northwest Territory, Nunavut was granted self-government in 1999. Created as a homeland for the Inuit, its first premier was Paul Okalit. Although subsidized by central government, the local economy relies on fishing, hunting and mining lead, zinc and coal. Area: c.2 million sq km (775,000sq mi). Pop. (2001) 26,745.
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