The territory that I am writing about is Nunavut. The population of Nunavut is approximately 26,745 people. The area of Nunavut is 2,093,190 km. The Capital City of Nunavut is Iqualuit. The winters are nine months long and January's temperature is -30 degrees and July's temperature is 15 degrees

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    They go dog sledding, kayaking, whale watching, big game hunting, trophy fishing, dancing, bird watching, boating, canoeing, cruises, rock collecting, mountain climbing, and skiing. They also have photography, events, and festivals.

    The school enrollment in Nunavut is rising, but few students graduate from high-school. Many Nunavut schools teach Inuktitut in the early years and English in the later years. They can learn Inuktitut when they are young and English when they are a certain age.

    Before Nunavut became it's own territory it was a part of the Northwest Territories. There is not a lot of history to Nunavut. It first became a territory on April 1, 1999. It nearly makes up 20% of Canada. Nunavut's first history is that of the Inuit and their ancient ancestors who first migrated to Arctic some five-thousand years ago. There are three major regions of Nunavut: Baffin Region, Kitikmeot Region, and Keratin Region.

The types of religion in Nunavut are: Buddhism and Christianity. About 80% of Nunavut are Christians and 20% are Buddhists.

  Many retail stores there carry fresh, frozen, or vacuumed packed country foods. Many Nunavut hotels offer delicious, mouth watering, well-prepared country foods. Caribou, a northern staple, is widely available. They also have Masco, which is a very well marbled beef. They also have Char and Scallops.

. Some of Nunavut's vegetation are rare berries, lichens, arctic willows, moss, tough grass, and small willow shrubs. 

  There are lots of tourist destinations in Nunavut. They are Thule Settlement, dating back thousands of years ago; Five Edge Tours; Naturalist and Cultural Tours; and Auyuittuk National Park. 

    The men outnumbered women 12,915 to 11,820 in population. Children aged 15 and under accounted for 40% of Nunavut's population in 1996, compared to 21% in the same age group in Canada. In contrast people 65 and over made only 2% of Nunavut's population, compared with 12% in Canada's population. The census counted 5,270 families in Nunavut in the year of 1996, of these 2,655 virtually half were married couples. In addition, about 31%, or 1,635 were common-law families. Of the lone-parent families, the majority of 730 families were headed by women. Nunavut is Inikititut, which means "Our Land". Unemployment is about 22% and roughly one-third of the people are on Welfare. Airplanes bring supplies to most communities because you cannot get to any other places to get supplies. Also, the Inuit travel moistly by planes or by dogsleds. In the summer, Iqaluit has 20 hours of sunlight, but in the winter, Iqaluit has only 4 hours of sunlight.

    In conclusion Nunavut is a very interesting province. It is also a great place to go on your vacation.

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http://www.amenco.com/freestuff/6cool/6coolbkgr.html

Comptons Encyclopedia 2000 CD-Rom

The Complete Reference Collection CD-Rom

Pictures courtesy of Eileen Crane, Cambridge Bay, NU

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