Iqaluit

Iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ Frobisher Bay
Ceety
Iqaluit
Coordinates: 63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W
Kintra	Canadae
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk Region
Electoral destricts	Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk
Settled	1942
Veelage status	1974
Toun status	1980
Ceety status	19 Aprile 2001
Foondit bi	Nakasuk
Govrenment
• Teep	Iqaluit Municipal Council
• Mayor	John Graham
• MLAs	Monica Ell Pat Angnakak Paul Okalik George Hickes
Area
• Total	52.50 km2 (20.27 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Tot	6,699
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0A 0H0, X0A 1H0
Aurie code(s)	867
Telephone Exchanges	222 (mobile), 975, 979
NTS Cairt	025N10
GNBC Code	OATRP
Wabsteid	www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca

Iqaluit (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, IPA: /iqɑluit/) is the lairgest ceety an territorial caipital o the Canadian territory o Nunavut. Till 1987, it wis cried Frobisher Bay, a name that is still occasionally uised. Iqaluit is locatit on the sooth coast o Baffin Island at the heid o Frobisher Bay. As o the 2011 census the population wis 6,699, an increase o 8.3 percent frae the 2006 census; it haes the lawest population o ony caipital ceety in Canadae. Indwallers o Iqaluit are cried Iqalummiut (singular: Iqalummiuq).