Nunavut is the newest Canadian province, established in 1999 when it was separated from the neighboring Northwest Territories. Its population is estimated to be about 31,000, which is spread over a geographical area similar in size to Western Europe, about 2,093,190 km² (808,190 sq mi), with 1,932,255 km² (746,048 sq mi) as land mass and the balance as water. GDP is C$1.213 billion and per-capita income is C$39,383. The official languages are Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut (native languages of the Inuit group), and English and French. The provincial capital is Iqaluit, known as Frobisher Bay before the Nunavut Act in 1999. Baffin Island, part of Nunavut, may have been the Helluland of Norse sagas. European contact may have been made as early as 1000 A.D. The written history of the area began in 1576, when Martin Frobisher explored the area. Nunavut has an Arctic climate, thus July and August are the best months to visit. Travel by air is a necessity; there is one road in the province.
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Cambridge Bay
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Cape Dorset
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Coral Harbour
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Grise Fiord
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Igloolik
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Iqaluit
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Kugaaruk
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Kugluktuk
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Pangnirtung
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Rankin Inlet
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