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Place Name
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Inuvik
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Pronunciation
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IN-oo-vik
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Place Status (Type)
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region
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Population
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8,491 (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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Inuvik
(IN-oo-vik), NW region (
152,089 sq mi/393,911 sq km;
1991 pop. 8,491), N.W.T., Canada, extending E from the Yukon to the
Hornaday R. and N from Wrigley to include Banks Isl. The town of
Inuvik, built in the 1950s and 1960s, is the regional hq. Inuvik is the
largest community N of the Arctic Circle. The N Mackenzie R. forms the
heart of the region, which is steadily developing its oil and
natural-gas resources. Native hunting, sealing, and crafts. The region
is a mix of subarctic coniferous forest and arctic tundra.
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