| Abstract from DBPedia | Nunavut (/ˈnʊnəvʊt/ NUU-nə-vuut, /ˈnuːnəvuːt/ NOO-nə-voot; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ [nunaˈvut], lit. 'our land'; French: [nunavut]) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for independent government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949. Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the far north, as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west, and all islands in Hudson, James and Ungava bays, including Akimiski Island far to the southeast of the rest of the territory. It is Canada's only geo-political region that is not connected to the rest of North America by highway. Nunavut is the least populous of Canada's provinces and territories. One of the world's most remote, sparsely settled regions, Nunavut has a population of 39,589 (2021 figure, up from 35,944 in 2016), consisting mostly of Inuit. The population occupies a land area of just over 1,877,787 km2 (725,018 sq mi), or slightly smaller than Mexico (excluding water surface area). Nunavut is also home to the world's northernmost permanently inhabited place, Alert. Eureka, a weather station on Ellesmere Island, has the lowest average annual temperature of any Canadian weather station.ヌナブト準州（英語: Nunavut 英語発音: [ˈnuːnəˌvʊt], フランス語: Nunavut、イヌクティトゥット語: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ [ˈnunavut]）は、カナダの準州の一つ。1993年に連邦政府とイヌイットの間に締結された（en）に基づき、1999年4月1日にイヌイットの自治準州としてノースウェスト準州の一部を分割して設立された。ヌナブト（ヌナヴト）とはイヌクティトゥット語で「我々の土地」を意味する。 西はノースウェスト準州、南はマニトバ州と接する。カナダ北部にある北極諸島の大部分（バフィン島、エルズミーア島、デヴォン島など）を含む。ハドソン湾、ジェームズ湾に浮かぶすべての島もヌナブト準州に属する。人口は3万1906人（2011年）。州都はバフィン島にあるイカルイト。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Nunavut) |
