territory of Canada
  • NWT
  • Denendeh
  • Dënéndeh
  • North-West Territories
  • N.W.T.
  • CA-NT
  • NT
  • Canada's Northland
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    Northwest Territories
    territory of Canada
    • NWT
    • Denendeh
    • Dënéndeh
    • North-West Territories
    • N.W.T.
    • CA-NT
    • NT
    • Canada's Northland

    Statements

    inception
    15 July 1870Gregorian
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    English Wikipedia
    image
    Nahanni River - Third Canyon.jpg
    3,072 × 2,304; 5.22 MB
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    Canada2.A2002165.1940.250m.jpg
    4,000 × 5,200; 2.83 MB
    media legend
    someja da satełite in zuño (Venetian)
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    official name
    Northwest Territories (English)
    start time
    1906
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    Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French)
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    North-West Territories (English)
    end time
    1906
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    ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuktitut)
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    native label
    Northwest Territories (English)
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    Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French)
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    ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (Inuktitut)
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    Dënéndeh (unsupported language)
    language of work or name
    Athabaskan
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    short name
    N.W.T. (Canadian English)
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    T.N.-O. (French)
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    named after
    northwest
    applies to name of subject
    Northwest Territories (English)
    Territoires du Nord-Ouest (French)
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    Dene
    applies to name of subject
    Denendeh (unsupported language)
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    demonym
    Northwest Territorian (English)
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    Northwesterner (English)
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    motto text
    no value
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    continent
    North America
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    capital
    Yellowknife
    start time
    18 September 1967
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    Ottawa
    start time
    1905
    end time
    18 September 1967
    applies to part
    legislature
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    Regina
    start time
    1883
    end time
    1905
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    Battleford
    start time
    1877
    end time
    1883
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    Fort Livingstone
    start time
    1876
    end time
    1877
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    Fort Garry
    start time
    1870
    end time
    1876
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    coordinates of easternmost point

    Map

    62°N, 102°W
    statement is subject of
    102nd meridian west
    start time
    1 April 1999
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    Map

    82°20'11.227"N, 61°6'5.515"W
    start time
    26 September 1907Gregorian
    end time
    1 April 1999
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    Map

    54°27'22.9"N, 56°52'49.7"W
    start time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
    end time
    26 September 1907Gregorian
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    52°15'30.3"N, 55°32'53.9"W
    start time
    15 July 1870Gregorian
    end time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
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    coordinates of northernmost point

    Map

    78°48'16.3735"N, 110°41'16.4386"W
    start time
    1 April 1999
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    Map

    83°6'41"N, 69°57'30"W
    statement is subject of
    Cape Columbia
    start time
    1 September 1880Gregorian
    end time
    1 April 1999
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    Map

    71°59'58"N, 94°35'39"W
    start time
    15 July 1870Gregorian
    end time
    1 September 1880Gregorian
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    coordinates of southernmost point

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    60°N, 113°W
    statement is subject of
    60th parallel north
    start time
    1999
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    Map

    51°38'25"N, 79°4'40"W
    statement is subject of
    Stag Island
    start time
    15 May 1912Gregorian
    end time
    1 April 1999
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    coordinates of westernmost point

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    68°0'N, 136°24'W
    start time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
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    Map

    60°18'22.929"N, 141°0'7.128"W
    end time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
    start time
    15 July 1870Gregorian
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    office held by head of government
    Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
    start time
    24 August 1905Gregorian
    end time
    16 June 1980
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    Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories
    start time
    28 September 1869Gregorian
    end time
    30 June 1888Gregorian
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    head of government
    Bob McLeod
    start time
    26 October 2011
    end time
    24 October 2019
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    Caroline Cochrane
    start time
    24 October 2019
    end time
    8 December 2023
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    R. J. Simpson
    start time
    8 December 2023
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    population
    contains the administrative territorial entity
    Dehcho Region
    start time
    1999
    end time
    no value
    0 references
    Inuvik Region
    start time
    unknown value
    end time
    no value
    0 references
    North Slave Region
    start time
    1999
    end time
    no value
    0 references
    Sahtu Region
    start time
    1999
    end time
    no value
    0 references
    South Slave Region
    start time
    1999
    end time
    no value
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    currency
    Canadian dollar
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    nominal GDP
    4,322,000,000 Canadian dollar
    point in time
    2020
    1 reference
    DOI
    10.25318/3610022201-ENG
    shares border with
    Yukon
    start time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    west
    0 references
    Alberta
    start time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
    0 references
    Saskatchewan
    start time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    southeast
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    Ontario
    end time
    11 March 1927Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
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    Quebec
    end time
    15 May 1912Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
    0 references
    District of Keewatin
    start time
    7 October 1876Gregorian
    end time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    east
    0 references
    Montana Territory
    end time
    8 November 1889Gregorian
    0 references
    Montana
    start time
    8 November 1889Gregorian
    end time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
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    Dakota Territory
    end time
    2 November 1889Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
    0 references
    North Dakota
    start time
    2 November 1889Gregorian
    end time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
    0 references
    Minnesota
    end time
    7 October 1876Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    south
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    District of Alaska
    start time
    17 May 1884Gregorian
    end time
    13 June 1898Gregorian
    direction relative to location
    west
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    driving side
    right
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    replaces
    Rupert's Land
    point in time
    15 July 1870Gregorian
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    North-Western Territory
    point in time
    15 July 1870Gregorian
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    District of Keewatin
    point in time
    1 September 1905Gregorian
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    British Arctic Territories
    point in time
    1 September 1880Gregorian
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    language used
    Dogrib
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    Gwich’in
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    Chipewyan
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    Inuinnaqtun
    0 references
    Inuvialuktun
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    North Slavey
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    English
    0 references
    French
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    area
    1,346,106 square kilometre
    1 reference
    imported from Wikimedia project
    Italian Wikipedia
    postal code
    X0E
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    X1A
    applies to part
    Yellowknife
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    X0G
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    locator map image
    Northwest Territories in Canada 2.svg
    1,114 × 942; 279 KB
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    flag image
    Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg
    1,200 × 600; 5 KB
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    aerial view
    Diavik Diamond Mine, Canada by Planet Labs.jpg
    2,961 × 2,221; 1.54 MB
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    total fertility rate
    1.7280
    point in time
    2019
    0 references
    maximum temperature record
    39.4 degree Celsius
    point in time
    18 July 1941
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    minimum temperature record
    −59.4 degree Celsius
    point in time
    8 January 1936
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    Identifiers

    ISO 3166-2 code
    CA-NT
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    ISNI
    0000000122976045
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    J9U ID
    987007567022305171
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    Dewey Decimal Classification
    2--719
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    Mindat locality ID
    19235
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    MeSH descriptor ID
    D015873
    subject named as
    Northwest Territories
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    Comic Vine ID
    4020-56683
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