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Iqaluit, Nunavut

Iqaluit
ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ
Frobisher Bay
City
City of Iqaluit
Iqaluit in March 2010
Iqaluit in March 2010
Flag of Iqaluit
Flag
Official seal of Iqaluit
Seal
Iqaluit is located in Nunavut
Iqaluit
Iqaluit
Iqaluit is located in Canada
Iqaluit
Iqaluit
Coordinates: 63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W / 63.74861°N 68.51972°W / 63.74861; -68.51972Coordinates: 63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W / 63.74861°N 68.51972°W / 63.74861; -68.51972
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk Region
Electoral districts Iqaluit-Manirajak
Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu
Iqaluit-Sinaa
Iqaluit-Tasiluk
Settled 1942
Village status 1974
Town status 1980
City status 19 April 2001
Founded by Nakasuk
Government
 • Type Iqaluit Municipal Council
 • Mayor Mary Wilman
 • MLAs Monica Ell
Pat Angnakak
Paul Okalik
George Hickes
Area
 • Total 52.50 km2 (20.27 sq mi)
 • Population Centre 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 7,740
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
 • Population Centre 7,082
 • Population Centre density 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Iqalummiut
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Canadian Postal code X0A 0H0, X0A 1H0
Area code(s) 867
Telephone Exchanges 222 (mobile), 975, 979
NTS Map 025N10
GNBC Code OATRP
Website www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca

Iqaluit /iˈkælɪt/ ih-KAL-oo-it (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ; [iqaːluit]) is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut; its largest community, and its only city. Until 1987, the city was known as Frobisher Bay, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. In 1999, Iqaluit became the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was (relatively speaking) an insignificant city and not well-known outside of the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to the city's isolation and heavy dependence on expensively imported supplies as the city, like the rest of Nunavut, has no road, rail, or even ship connections for part of the year to the rest of Canada. The city also has a polar climate, influenced by the cold deep waters of the Labrador Current just off Baffin Island; this makes the city of Iqaluit cold, even though the city is well south of the Arctic Circle.

As of the 2016 census the population was 7,740 (Population Centre: 7,082), an increase of 15.5 per cent from the 2011 census. Iqaluit has the lowest population of any capital city in Canada. Inhabitants of Iqaluit are called Iqalummiut (singular: Iqalummiuq).


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