Qikiqtaaluk Region

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Qikiqtaaluk Region or Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) is an administrative region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit (population 6,184). It contains both the northernmost and southernmost areas of the territory.

Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Baffin Region, Northwest Territories.

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[edit] Communities

[edit] Attractions

[edit] Protected Areas

[edit] Demographics

Canada 2006 Census[1]

  • Population: 15,765
  • Population change (2001-2006): +9.7%
  • Private dwellings: 5,103
  • Area (km²): 1,040,417.90 km²
  • Density (per km².): 0.015 km²
  • National rank in terms of population: 248th out of 288
  • Territorial rank in terms of population: 1st out of 3

[edit] Surrounding counties

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 Canada Census

[edit] Further reading

  • Kavik, Lisi, and Miriam Fleming. Qikiqtamiut Cookbook. [Sanikiluaq, Nunavut]: Municipality of Sanikiluaq, 2002. ISBN 1896445225

[edit] External links


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