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The people in the Northwest Territories have voted to make the eastern region into a seperate territory called Nunavut.  An Act of Parliament is required to make Numavut a new territory in 1999.
 
Information Summary for Northwest Territories
 
Capital Yellowknife
Motto None
Flower Mountain avens
Largest Urban Centres Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River, Iqualuit, Fort Smith, Rankin Inlet
Population 53,000 (1986c);  rank: eleventh;  .021% of Canada;  46.3% urban
Languages 53.6% English;  2.5% French;  27.8% Inukitut; 16.1% other
Entered Confederation July 15, 1870
Government Territorial - Commissioner, Executive Council, Legislative Assembly 
Federal - 1 senators, 2 members of the House of Commons
Area 3,379,684 sq. km.
Provincial Sales Tax None
 
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