Northwast Territories
The Northwast Territories (Inglis: Northwest Territories, NWT, French: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, Athapascan leids: Denendeh, Inuinnaqtun: Nunatsiaq Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ) is ane o three federal territories o Canadae. The Northwast Territories entered the Canadian Confederation 15 Julie 1870, but the current borders wur formit 1 Aprile 1999, wi the creation o Nunavut.
Northwast Territories Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French) Denendeh (Athabaskan leids) Nunatsiaq (Inuinnaqtun) ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuktitut) | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Motto(s): (Nae offeecial motto)[1] | |
 Map o Canadae wi Northwast Territories heichlichtit | |
| Confederation | 15 Julie 1870 (Hudson's Bay Company cedes territory tae Canadae) (6t) |
| Capital | Yellowknife |
| Lairgest ceety | Yellowknife |
| Lairgest metro | Yellowknife |
| Govrenment | |
| • Commissioner | Margaret Thom[2] |
| • Premier | Caroline Cochrane (Consensus govrenment, nae pairty affiliations) |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
| Federal representation | (in Canadian Pairlament) |
| Hoose seats | 1 o 338 (0.3%) |
| Senate seats | 1 o 105 (1%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1346106 km2 (519,734 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 1183085 km2 (456,792 sq mi) |
| • Water | 163021 km2 (62,943 sq mi) 12.1% |
| Area rank | Rankit 3rd |
| 13.5% o Canadae | |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 41,786 [4] |
| • Estimate (2017 Q1) | 44,263 [5] |
| • Rank | Rankit 11t |
| • Density | 0.04/km2 (0.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Northwest Territorian[6] |
| Offeecial leids | Chipewyan, Cree, Inglis, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tłįchǫ[7] |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 11t |
| • Tot (2011) | C$4.791 billion[8] |
| • Per capita | C$108,394 (1st) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 |
| Postal abbr. | NT |
| Postal code prefix | X0, X1 (Yellowknife) |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-NT |
| Flouer | Mountain avens |
| Tree | Tamarack Larch |
| Bird | Gyrfalcon |
| Website | www |
| Rankins include aw provinces an territories | |
It haed a population o 41,462 as o the 2011 census, showin little chynge frae the 2006 census.[9]
In 1967, as a result o recommendations bi the Carrothers Commission, Yellowknife became the caipital.
While neebourin Nunavut is maistly Airctic tundra, the Northwast Territories haes a slichtly wairmer climate an is maistly boreal forest (taiga), although aboot hauf o the territory is north o the tree line.
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