Newfoundland an Labrador
Newfoundland an Labrador | |
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| Motto(s): | |
| Confederation | 31 Mairch 1949 (12t) |
| Capital | St. John's |
| Lairgest ceety | St. John's |
| Lairgest metro | St. John's CMA |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Constitutional monarchy |
| • Lieutenant-Govrenor | Judy Foote |
| • Premier | Andrew Furey (Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| Legislatur | Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly |
| Federal representation | (in Canadian Pairlament) |
| Hoose seats | 7 o 338 (2.1%) |
| Senate seats | 6 o 105 (5.7%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 405212 km2 (156,453 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 373872 km2 (144,353 sq mi) |
| • Water | 31340 km2 (12,100 sq mi) 7.7% |
| Area rank | Rankit 10t |
| 4.1% o Canadae | |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 514,536 (2,011)[1] |
| • Rank | Rankit 9t |
| • Density | 1.38/km2 (3.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Newfundlander, Labradorian (see notes),[2] |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis (de facto) |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 9t |
| • Tot (2008) | C$31,277 million[3] |
| • Per capita | C$61,670[4] (4t) |
| Time zone | UTC−3.5 for Newfoundland UTC−4 for Labrador (Black Tickle an North) |
| Postal abbr. | NL (formerly NF) |
| Postal code prefix | A |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-NL |
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| Website | www |
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Newfoundland an Labrador or Newfoondland an Labrador, is the eastmaist province o Canadae. Situatit in the kintra's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island o Newfundland an mainland Labrador (locatit Northwast o the island) wi a combined aurie o 405,212 square kilometre (156,500 sq mi). As o 2011, the province's population is 514,536.[1] Approximately 94 percent o the province's population resides on the Island of Newfoundland (includin its associatit smawer islands), o which ower hauf live on the Avalon Peninsulae. The province is Canadae's maist linguistically homogenous, an 97.6% o residents reportit Inglis as their mither tongue in the 2006 census[5], housomeivver this is the unique local dialect, Newfundland Inglis. Historically, Newfoundland wis hame tae unique varieties o French, an Erse, as well as the Beothuk leid, aw nou extinct. In Labrador, local dialects o Innu-aimun an Inuktitut are spoken.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 Februar 2012.
- ↑ Although the term "Newfie" is sometimes used in casual speech, it is considered a pejorative by some Newfundlanders.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory". Statistics Canada. Archived frae the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Study: Resource boom in Saskatchewan and Newfundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 15 Mey 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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