Kuujjuarapik

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Kuujjuarapik is a remote northern village in Quebec, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay and known for its Inuit and Cree communities.

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village of Kuujjuarapik 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
northern village municipality
adjacentTo Whapmagoostui NERFINISHED
climateCharacteristic long cold winters
short cool summers
country Canada
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous population
governingBody Northern Village Municipality of Kuujjuarapik NERFINISHED
hasAreaCode 819
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasCommunicationInfrastructure satellite-based telecommunications
hasEducationalFacility local primary school
hasHealthFacility local health centre
hasIndigenousCommunity Cree NERFINISHED
Inuit NERFINISHED
hasLatitudeApprox 55 degrees north
hasLongitudeApprox 77 degrees west
hasNearbyAirport Kuujjuarapik Airport NERFINISHED
hasNearbyCommunity Whapmagoostui Cree Nation NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasPostalCodePrefix J0M
hasPrimaryEconomicActivities fishing
hunting
local services
trapping
hasRecreation traditional land-based activities
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches
historicalActivity fur trade
historicalUse Hudson Bay Company trading area NERFINISHED
indigenousLanguage Cree language NERFINISHED
Inuktitut NERFINISHED
locatedIn Quebec NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nunavik NERFINISHED
locatedInCulturalRegion Arctic and Subarctic Canada NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Nord-du-Québec NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNorthOf La Grande River NERFINISHED
locatedOnBodyOfWater Hudson Bay NERFINISHED
locatedOnCoastOf Hudson Bay NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
French
partOf Kativik Regional Government jurisdiction
roadAccess no permanent road connection to southern Quebec
sharesAirstripWith Whapmagoostui NERFINISHED
transportConnection air transport
seasonal sealift

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Nord-du-Québec hasSettlement Kuujjuarapik
Tursujuq National Park locatedNear Kuujjuarapik
this entity surface form: village of Kuujjuarapik