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Place Name
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Fort Smith
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Place Status (Type)
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region
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Capital is
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Fort Smith. The region
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Population
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27,553 (1991)
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Location
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Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Fort Smith
, SW region (
235,636 sq mi/610,455 sq km;
1991 pop. 27,553), N.W.T., Canada,  Fort Smith. The region
extends E from the Yukon to the upper Thelon R. and N from Alta. to
encompass most of Great Bear L. Encompassing the S Mackenzie Mts. and
the S portion of the Mackenzie R., it is a transitional zone bet. the
forests of the S and the arctic tundra of the N. The most prosperous
and populous of the N regions, its main industries are mining, tourism,
lumbering, fur trapping, and fishing. The Fort Smith region, formerly
part of Mackenzie dist., was created by the territorial govt. in the
early 1970s.
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