Inuvik

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Inuvik is a town in Canada’s Northwest Territories, located above the Arctic Circle and serving as a regional hub for Indigenous communities, including Inuvialuit Inuvialuktun speakers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
areaCode 867
climateType subarctic climate
connectedByRoad Dempster Highway
Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway
country Canada
founded 1950s
governedBy Inuvik Town Council
hasAirport Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport
hasCulturalEvent Great Northern Arts Festival
Inuvik Sunrise Festival
hasEducationalInstitution Aurora College Inuvik campus
hasHealthFacility Inuvik Regional Hospital
hasIndigenousLanguage Gwich’in language
surface form: Gwichʼin language

Inuvialuktun
hasLatitude approximately 68.36°N
hasLongitude approximately 133.72°W
hasMayor mayor of Inuvik
hasNearbyCommunity Aklavik
Tsiigehtchic
Tuktoyaktuk
hasNotableFeature planned town layout
utilidor system for water and sewage
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPhenomenon midnight sun
polar night
hasPopulation approximately 3,000
hasPrimaryEconomicActivities government services
oil and gas support services
tourism
transportation
locatedAbove Arctic Circle
locatedIn Arctic Circle
Inuvik Region
Northwest Territories
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedNear Beaufort Sea
locatedOn Mackenzie River delta
officiallyIncorporated 1967
partOf Northern Canada
populationIncludes Gwich’in
surface form: Gwichʼin

Inuit
surface form: Inuvialuit

non-Indigenous residents
postalCodePrefix X0E
replacedSettlement Aklavik
servesAs administrative centre for Inuvik Region
regional hub for Indigenous communities

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Inuit Circumpolar Council headquartersLocation Inuvik
this entity surface form: Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Mackenzie River delta near Inuvik
Dempster Highway terminusB Inuvik
Dempster Highway connects Inuvik
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation headquartersLocation Inuvik
this entity surface form: Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Gwich’in Tribal Council (for Canadian Gwich’in) headquartersLocation Inuvik
subject surface form: Gwich’in Tribal Council
this entity surface form: Inuvik, Northwest Territories