Qikiqtaaluk Region

Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or Baffin Region is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts, several notable public organisations, including Statistics Canada[1] and Nunavut Tourism[2] prefer the term Baffin Region.

The region consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit (population 7,250). The Qikiqtaaluk Region contains both the northernmost and southernmost areas of Nunavut.

Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as the Baffin Region, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories.

Contents

Communities

Attractions

Protected areas

Demographics

Canada 2006 Census[1]

  • Population: 15,765
  • Population change (2001–2006): +9.7%
  • Private dwellings: 5,103
  • Area: 1,040,417.90 km2 (401,707.60 sq mi)
  • Density: 0.015 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.039 /sq mi)
  • National rank in terms of population: 248th out of 288
  • Territorial rank in terms of population: 1st out of 3

Surrounding census divisions

See also

References

Further reading

  • Kavik, Lisi, and Miriam Fleming. Qikiqtamiut Cookbook. [Sanikiluaq, Nunavut]: Municipality of Sanikiluaq, 2002. ISBN 1896445225

External links

Coordinates: 70°N 80°W / 70°N 080°W / 70; -080 (Qikiqtaaluk Region)


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