Kitikmeot Region

Kitikmeot
ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ (Inuktitut)
Qitirmiut
Kitikmeot Region
Communities of the Kitikmeot
Location in Nunavut
Location in Nunavut
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
Regional centreCambridge Bay
Area
 • Total443,277.47 km2 (171,150.39 sq mi)
Population
 • Total6,543
 • Density0.015/km2 (0.038/sq mi)

Kitikmeot Region (/ˈkɪtəkmjt/;[1] Inuktitut: Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ [pronunciation?]) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The regional centre is Cambridge Bay (population 1,766;[2]).

Before 1999, Kitikmeot Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories.

  1. ^ Kitikmeot Students Thank You 2013 (February 22, 2013).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference StatCAN2016CB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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