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Nunavut

1999 · 20th century

Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada, created on 1 April 1999 from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993. Most of its roughly 40,000 people are Inuit, and Inuktitut is an official language alongside English and French. Its capital is Iqaluit on Baffin Island.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nunavut. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nunavut
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