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Fast Facts
- Territory: Canada
- Capital: Iqaluit
- Language spoken: Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French
- Currency: Canadian Dollar
- Time zone: EST, CST, MST
- Founded: 1576
- City population: 29,474 (2006)City Population: Nunavut Population
- Area: 2 million square kilometresOfficial Site: Nunavut
- Number of Communities: 28Official Site: Nunavut
- Major cities: Iqaluit, Baker Lake and Cape Dorset
- Canadian Inuit Dog (animal)
- Rock Ptarmigan (bird)
- Purple Saxifrage (flower)
- Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut - "Nunavut, our strength"
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Population
The least populated of all the Canadian provinces and territories, Nunavut is home to around 30,000 people spread across an area the size of Western Europe. Native Inuit people make up about 85 percent of the population and with a median age of 22, Nunavut has the youngest population in Canada. The largest employer in the territory is the Government and 27 percent of people are employed by the large arts community. -
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Nunavut Handbook: Traveling in Canada's Arctic - $21.50
The 1999 "Nunavut Handbook", authored largely by Nunavut writers, is the world's most comprehensive travel guidebook to the Canadian Arctic. In addition to vital travel information, the Handbook includes extensive cultural and historical ac...
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Nunavut: Inuit Regain Control of Their Lands and Their Lives.(Book Review): An article from: Northern Review - $5.95
This digital document is an article from Northern Review, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 2015 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML...
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Nunavut News-North - $121.80
Published every Monday, Nunavut News/North is circulated in all 28 Nunavut communities and reports on activities throughout the region. It is published in English with photo captions and some stories in Inuktitut.
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Nunavut (Eye on Canada series) - $7.95
The Eye on Canada series takes young readers on a journey through the 13 provinces and territories that shape that vast country. Each book focuses on a particular province or territory, describing the environment, history, industry, tourist...
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Les hommes qui ont sauvé l'adolescent ont passé la nuit dans les glaces: CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut - Les hommes qu.. http://bit.ly/1gplb2
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Childrens bk week rocks !RT: @stormsy Fab night with Nunavut Lib. Ass.; delish food, great conversation, amazing hospitality. #kidlit
@helainebecker | November 15, 2009 03:52 AM -
Fab night with Nunavut Lib. Ass.; delish food, great conversation, amazing hospitality. I see why southerners fall in love with this place.
@stormsy | November 15, 2009 03:04 AM -
Ice Floe #Rescue CANADIAN FORCES DOWNPLAY THE CIVILIAN HELP? http://bit.ly/vu7aB #Nunavut #YFB
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RT @janamel: Another great video from @torchreporter w/Olympic Torch Relay: Iqaluit, Nunavut http://bit.ly/43QRGV
@mikalat | November 14, 2009 11:58 PM
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