Iqaluit

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capital city city

Iqaluit is the capital and largest community of Nunavut in northern Canada, located on Baffin Island and serving as a key administrative and transportation hub in the Arctic.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Iqaluit City Council 1
Iqaluit, Nunavut 1
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
areaCode 867 ⓘ
averageWinterTemperature well below 0°C ⓘ
belongsToRegion Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ
capitalOf Nunavut ⓘ
climate tundra climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 10 metres ⓘ
formerName Frobisher Bay ⓘ
foundedAs Frobisher Bay ⓘ
surface form: Frobisher Bay (settlement name)
governingBody Iqaluit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iqaluit City Council
hasAirport Iqaluit Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature strong Inuit cultural presence ⓘ
hasHarbour Iqaluit deep-water port (seasonal) ⓘ
hasMajorInstitution Nunavut Arctic College campus ⓘ
Qikiqtani General Hospital ⓘ
isLargestCommunityOf Nunavut ⓘ
isRegionalCentreFor Qikiqtaaluk Region ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification ET ⓘ
latitude approximately 63.75°N ⓘ
locatedIn Nunavut ⓘ
locatedInBay Frobisher Bay ⓘ
locatedInRegion Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

Northern Canada ⓘ
locatedNorthOf tree line ⓘ
locatedOn Baffin Island ⓘ
longitude approximately 68.52°W ⓘ
meaningOfName place of many fish ⓘ
nameLanguage Inuktitut ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
populationRankInNunavut 1 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix X0A ⓘ
primaryAccessMode air transport ⓘ
sea transport ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities construction ⓘ
government services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transportation services ⓘ
renamedToIqaluit 1987 ⓘ
roadConnectionToOtherCities false ⓘ
role administrative hub of Nunavut ⓘ
transportation hub in the Arctic ⓘ
seaIcePresence significant part of the year ⓘ
territorialGovernmentSeat Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nunavut → capital → Iqaluit ⓘ
Iqaluit → governingBody → Iqaluit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iqaluit City Council
Nunavut → largestCity → Iqaluit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
this entity surface form: Iqaluit, Nunavut
Premier of Nunavut → residence → Iqaluit ⓘ