Yellowknife
| Yellowknife | |
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| Eik-name(s): The Knife, YK, Goldenblade, The Blade | |
| Motto: Multum In Parvo (Mony things in a sma place) | |
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| Coordinates: 62°26′32″N 114°23′51″W / 62.44222°N 114.3975°W | |
| Kintra | Canadae |
| Territory | Northwast Territories |
| Region | North Slave Region |
| Constituencies |
electoral districts
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| Census division | Region 6 |
| Established | 1936/1937 |
| Incorporation (ceety) | 1 Januar 1970 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Gordon Van Tighem |
| - Ceety Admeenistrator | Max Hall |
| - MPs | Dennis Bevington |
| - MLAs |
Leet o MLAs
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| Aurie | |
| - Ceety | 136 km2 (52.5 sq mi) |
| - Laund | 105.22 km2 (40.6 sq mi) |
| - Watter | 30.78 km2 (11.9 sq mi) |
| - Urban | 12.97 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 206 m (675 ft) |
| Indwallers(2011)[1] | 19 234 |
| - Densitie | 177.7/km2 (460.2/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 19,234 |
| - Urban densitie |
2,340.82/km2 (6,062.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| - Simmer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X1A |
| Aurie code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone Exchynges | 444 445 446 669 765 766 767 873 920 999 |
| Prices | |
| - Livin cost | 117.5A |
| GNBC Code | LBAMG |
| NTS Map | |
| Wabsteid | www.yellowknife.ca |
| Sources:Community Governance Data List[2] 2006 Canada Census[3] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre[4] Yellowknife profile at the Legislative Assembly[5] Canada Flight Supplement[6] ^A 2005 figure based on Edmonton = 100[7] |
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Yellowknife (
/ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/) (2011 population: 19,234[1]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Northwast Territories (NWT), Canadae. It is locatit on the northren shore o Great Slave Lake, approximately 400 km (250 mi) sooth o the Airctic Circle, on the wast side o Yellowknife Bay near the ootlet o the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife an its surroondin watter bodies wur namit after a local Dene tribe ance kent as the 'Copper Indians' or 'Yellowknife Indians' (nou referred tae locally as the Yellowknives Dene (First Nation) who tradit tuils made frae copper deposits near the Airctic Coast. The current population is ethnically mixed. O the eleiven offeecial leids o the Northwast Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Dene Suline, Dogrib, Sooth an North Slavey, Inglis leid, an French. In the Dogrib leid, the ceety is kent as Somba K'e ("whare the money is").[8]
Yellowknife wis first settled in 1935, efter gowd haed been foond in the aurie; Yellowknife suin became the centre o economic activity in the NWT, an became the caipital o the Northwast Territories in 1967. As gowd production began tae wane, Yellowknife shiftit frae being a minin toun tae being a centre o govrenment services in the 1980s. Housomeivver, wi the discovery o diamonds north o Yellowknife in 1991,[9] this shift haes begun tae reverse.
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2011 Census. Govrenment o Canadae. Retrieved on 14 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Community Governance Data List. Maca.gov.nt.ca. Retrieved on 2 Mairch 2011. .
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2006census - ↑ Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names (PDF). Retrieved on 2 Mairch 2011. .
- ↑ Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife profile. Assembly.gov.nt.ca. Retrieved on 2 Mairch 2011. .
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcomstat - ↑ Yellowknife Visitors Guide (PDF). Yellowknifer. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. . Retrieved on 25 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ About yellowknife. "City of Yellowknife". Retrieved on 25 August 2009. .
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