Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

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Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Qikiqtaaluk Region or '''Qikiqtani Region''' (formerly called the ''Baffin Region'', . It consists of Baffin Island , the Belcher Islands , Akimiski Island , Mansel Island , Prince Charles Island , Bylot Island , Devon Island , Cornwallis Island , Bathurst Island , Amund Ringes Island , Ellef Ringes Island , Axel Heiberg Island , Ellesmere Island , the Melville Peninsula , the eastern part of Melville Island , and the northern parts of Prince Of Wales Island , and Somerset Island , plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit .

Before 1999, Baffin Region was part of the Northwest Territories .

COMMUNITIES

Cities

--- Iqaluit

Hamlets

--- Arctic Bay

--- Cape Dorset

--- Clyde River

--- Grise Fiord

--- Hall Beach

--- Igloolik

--- Kimmirut

--- Pangnirtung

--- Pond Inlet

--- Qikiqtarjuaq

--- Resolute

--- Sanikiluaq

Settlements

--- Nanisivik

Unorganized Areas

--- Baffin, Unorganized

ATTRACTIONS

Astro Hill Complex (Iqaluit)

Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum (Iqaluit)

Nunavut Legislature Building (Iqaluit)

Unikkaarvik Visitors Centre (Iqaluit)

PROTECTED AREAS

Auyuittuq National Park

Katannilil

Kekerten

Mallikjuak

Pitsutinu-Tungavik

Qilalukat

Quammaarviit

Rotary Club Day Park

Sirmilik National Park

Sylvia Grinnel

DEMOGRAPHICS

''( Statistics Canada , 2001 )''

Population: 14,372

Population change (1996-2001): 8.7

Dwellings: 4,560

Area (sq. km): 1,023,570.49

Density (per sq. km.): 0.0

National rank in terms of population: 257

Territorial rank in terms of population: 1

SURROUNDING COUNTIES

Division No. 10, Newfoundland And Labrador ( Labrador )

Division No. 23, Manitoba

Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories

Kivalliq Region, Nunavut

Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut