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Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest, as well as the newest of the three territories of Canada. Its capital city is Iqaluit.

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Which is bigger Nunavut or Northwest Territories?

Nunavut is 808,185 sq mi

Northwest Territories is 532,643 sq mi

What is distance from London Ontario to Quebec City Quebec?

The driving distance from London, Ontario to Quebec City is 974 kilometres. This would take just over 10 hours to travel non-stop. The flight distance between these two centres is 557 miles, or 896 kilometres.

What are some birds that live in Nunavut?

A short but intense summer produces many small but brilliant flowers, including purple saxifrage, sedge, louseworts, fireweed, and wintergreen. Other common flowers in the south include dandelions, chamomile daisies, harebells, and buttercups. About 200 species of flowers grow north of the tree line. The animal population in Nunavut includes mammals such as the caribou, muskox, barren-ground grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine, fox, ermine, lemming, and hare. Caribou alone outnumber Nunavut's human population 25 to 1. Common marine mammals include seals, walruses, whales (including belugas, narwhals, bowhead whales, killer whales, blue whales, and sperm whales), and polar bears. Bird species include gyrfalcon, snowy and short-eared owl, rough-legged hawk, golden eagle, ptarmigan, jaeger, snow goose, pintail and long-tailed duck, goldeneye, lesser scaup, and green-winged teal. Fish include lake trout, arctic grayling, arctic char, walleye, whitefish, and northern pike. Mosquitoes breed in the shallow tundra lakes.

Why is Iqaluit the capital city of Nunavut?

Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

What are nunavut's natural resources issues?

yes the animal are indangered cause trrees are gettin cut down

What in square miles in nunavut?

Approx 22.5 trillion square feet.

How did Nunavut form?

The word Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut.

What are the 3 largest cities in Nunavut?

Iqaluit, Arviat, Cambridge Bay, Coral Harbour, Kugluktuk, and Rankin Inlet.

False. Kugluktuk is in NWT

What or who made Nunavut a Canadian province in 1999?

Nunavut is actually not a Canadian province; it is one of three (along with the Northwest Territories and Yukon) official territories of Canada. It used to be a part of the Northwest Territories, until April 1, 1999, when Nunavut was officially created through the Nuvavut Act and the Nuvavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which were passed by the Canadian Parliament after being ratified by 85 percent of the voters in Nuvavut, many of whom are Inuit.

What is Nunavut and how and why was it created?

Nunavut was formed on April 1, 1999 splitting off from the Northwest Territories and forming their own government. The Inuit, a Native American People, have lived off the arctic land for centuries and wanted their own Region to manage. A land settlement was agreed upon in April of 1999.

Due to the VAST size of the Dong area, they were far removed from even the other Northern Areas of Canada. Nunavut is now a Territory of Canada

What is the most popular sport in Nunavut?

Well, they play cricket. ( I know that wasnt detailed.. but i don't know what else they play) sorry :)

What are natural resources found in Nunavut?

nunavutes rescources are lead, zinc, oil, gas, gold and dimonds nunavutes rescources are lead, zinc, oil, gas, gold and dimonds

Why zinc important to Nunavut?

Zinc is used and very important in protecting ur skin and anything from the suns rays. It is commonly found in large lakes seas and sometimes but rarely in oceans

Where do the majority of the people in Guatemala live?

Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)

panish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)

What is Nunavut famous for?

stuff and other stuff like iglus and polar bear lock down drills

What does Nunavut import and export?

Nunavut imports and exports:Honey,metal,diamonds, and natural gas.

Can we find igloos in Nunavut?

yes the Inuits who make up 85% of the population use igloos to move when they are hunting but they do not use them as their actuall house

Why is it so cold in Nunavut?

Because it is a Canadian territory that is far up north right next to Greenland and the Arctic Ocean.

What are the major lakes in Nunavut?

Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Nueltin Lake is the largest lake in Nunavut.

What do you call a person that lives in nunavut Canada?

Aboriginal... well at least most of them are. More than 80% of people who live there are natives.

[What a lousy answer someone gave. The questioner was not asking what racial profile you assign to people from Nunavut; rather, they were asking what term is used to describe persons who reside in the territory. Besides, "aboriginal" is a blanket term for all native peoples and does not distinguish between very disparate nations. The correct answer is: Nunavummiut.]

What is Alberta's physical region?

Alberta is in several regions: Boreal, Cordillera (mountainous), Interior plains, and Boreal-Aspen Transition zones.