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The following are communities recognised by the Government of the Northwest Territories. ... Map all coordinates ... List of communities in the Northwest Territories.
[4] [5] [6] The Tlicho Community Government Act (TCGA), enacted in 2004, also considers community governments as municipal corporations alongside charter communities, cities, hamlets, towns and villages. [7] Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and its only city, while Fort Simpson is its only village.
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 contains the Mackenzie dike swarm, which is the largest dike swarm known on Earth. [2] Around 1,269-1,267 million years ago, the Slave craton was partly uplifted and intruded by the giant Mackenzie dyke swarm, radiating from a mantle plume center west of Victoria Island .
Map Acho Dene Koe Territory Dehcho Region Acho Dene Koe First Nation: An agreement-in-principle was signed 5 February 2014. Self-government discussions are in early stages. Land claimed includes land in the NWT, Yukon, and British Columbia. The NWT portion is in the southwest of the province, surrounding the hamlet of Fort Liard. Akaitcho Territory
The Northwest Territories experienced further attrition in 1912: The entire continental portion of the District of Ungava was converted into the northern expansion of the province of Quebec. Only the district's more than 1500 almost entirely uninhabited offshore islands remained part of the Northwest Territories; they were made a part of the ...
It is the most populous of the five regions, with a population of almost 23,000. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Yellowknife and a sub-office in Behchokǫ̀. [1] With the exception of Yellowknife, the communities are predominantly First Nations.
The Dehcho Region [pronunciation?] or Deh Cho is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of six communities with the regional office situated in Fort Simpson. [1] All communities in the Dehcho are predominantly Dehcho First Nations. [4] [5]