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The capital and largest city of Yukon Territory, Canada, in the southern part of the territory on the Yukon River. It was an important trading center during the Klondike gold rush (1897–1898) and has been the territorial capital since 1952. Population: 20,500.

 

 
 

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An elevated site or outposted hill on the perimeter of the Iron Triangle in North Korea.

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City (pop., 2001: 19,058), capital of Yukon Territory, Canada. Located on the Yukon River, it was founded during the Klondike gold rush (1897 – 98) as a staging and distribution centre. Robert Service got much of his inspiration for his ballads while working there. The territorial capital since 1952, it is an important transportation centre on the Alaska Highway, as well as an outfitting base for anglers and hunters.

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city (1991 pop. 17,925), S Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River. Since 1952 it has been the territorial capital. Whitehorse is on the Alaska Highway and was the terminus of the White Pass and Yukon Railway from Skagway, Alaska, which suspended service in 1982. The city is the center of a copper-mining, hunting, and fur-trapping region that attracts growing numbers of tourists. After an economic lull in the mid-1980s, the discovery of the world's largest tungsten reserve at Mae Pass revitalized the city. It is headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for S Yukon and has an airport, a radio station, and a weather station. It was an important supply and stage center during the Klondike gold rush (1897–98). During World War II it was the center of the Canol oil project (closed in 1945).


 
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Translations: Translations for: Whitehorse

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Deutsch (German)
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中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
怀特霍斯

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懷特荷斯

한국어 (Korean)
유콘테리베리 주의 주요 도시

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ווייטהורס‬


 
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