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The Northwest Territories [b] is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km 2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada . [ 3 ]
The Northwest Territories – The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km 2 (442,000 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 41,786, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. [1] Its estimated population as of 2018 is 44,445. [2]
The Northwest Territories is the most populous of Canada's three territories with 41,070 residents as of 2021 and is the second-largest territory in land area at 1,127,712 km 2 (435,412 sq mi). [1] The Northwest Territories' 24 municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass but are home to 96% of its population. [1] [2] [3]
It became a territory in 1912 and a state in 1959. In 1893, the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown; a republic was created in 1894. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the U.S., became a territory in ...
The new boundary will include the highest mountains and largest ice fields in the Northwest Territories. [27] With the expansion of the park there have been several added designated landing sites. Because most access to the park is done by aircraft and air access is restricted in the park, there are set places aircraft can land.
The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which was established in 1999 from the Northwest Territories by the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, is divided into three regions. Though these regions have no governments of their own, Nunavut's territorial government services are highly decentralized on a regional basis.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
In the Northwest Territories, transportation and communication can be problematic. [1] Long winters tend to close the rivers to navigation for nearly two months. [1] Apart from the Great Slave Railway and the Mackenzie Highway system, that links to Alberta and to the Great Slave Lake area, commerce, supply, and travel remain largely airborne. [1]