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- Flag
![[Flag of Nunavut]](images/nu.gif)
- Capital
- Iqaluit (formerly called Frobisher Bay)
- Other cities
- Rankin Inlet
- Population
- 29,600 (2005)
- Premier
- Paul Okalik
Created from the eastern and northern parts of the Northwest Territories
on April 1, 1999. The Canadian Arctic. The population is 85% Inuit
and the new government is open and representative, with an emphasis
on Native self-determination.
Very large (about 1/5 of Canada's land mass). One of the best
places in the world to see the Northern Lights.
- More information:
--Emily
Way (emily_@_americansguide.ca)
Last updated September
13, 2005
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