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Northwest Territories
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Northwest Territories

Territory of Canada

CityQ9357527Q2007

Also known as NWT · Denendeh · Dënéndeh · North-West Territories · CA-NT · NT

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 1,346,106 km²
Head of government
Founded
  • July 15, 1870
Time zone
Postal code
  • X0E
  • , X1A
  • , X0G

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

244 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Shares border with
  • Q2023(since 1999) direction relative to location: Q684
  • Q2009(since 1898) direction relative to location: Q679
  • Q1973(since 1871) direction relative to location: Q2381698
  • Q1951(since 1905) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q1989(since 1905) direction relative to location: Q6452640
  • Q2514958(until 1871) direction relative to location: Q6452640
  • Q1948(until 1999) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q1904(until 1927) direction relative to location: Q667
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  • Q176(until 1912) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q38610(until 1949) direction relative to location: Q6452640
  • Q2003(1949–1999) direction relative to location: Q6452640
  • Q4969463(until 1880) direction relative to location: Q659
  • Q603676(1876–1905) direction relative to location: Q684
  • Q1810689(until 1889)
  • Q1212(1889–1905) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q1117425(until 1889) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q1207(1889–1905) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q1527(until 1876) direction relative to location: Q667
  • Q842944(until 1884) direction relative to location: Q679
  • Q163801(1884–1898) direction relative to location: Q679
Legislative body
Capital
Flag
Coat of arms
Office held by the head of government
Replaces
Executive body
Geography of topic
Highest point
Lowest point
Coordinates of southernmost point
  • 60.0000°N, 113.0000°W(since 1999) statement is subject of: Q1255171
  • 51.6403°N, 79.0778°W(1912–1999) statement is subject of: Q7596746
Coordinates of westernmost point
  • 68.0000°N, 136.4000°W(since 1898)
  • 60.3064°N, 141.0020°W(1870–1898)
Coordinates of easternmost point
  • 62.0000°N, 102.0000°W(since 1999) statement is subject of: Q2702235
  • 82.3365°N, 61.1015°W(1907–1999)
  • 54.4564°N, 56.8805°W(1898–1907)
  • 52.2584°N, 55.5483°W(1870–1898)
Short name
  • N.W.T.
  • T.N.-O.
Native label
  • Northwest Territories
  • Territoires du Nord-Ouest
  • ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ
  • Dënéndeh language: Q27475
Contains the administrative territorial entity
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Official name
  • Northwest Territories(since 1906)
  • Territoires du Nord-Ouest
  • North-West Territories(until 1906)
  • ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ
Demonym
Continent
Motto text
  • none
Public holiday
Different from
Language used
Geoshape
  • Data:Canada/Northwest Territories.map
Located in or next to body of water
Currency
Government
Coordinates of northernmost point
  • 78.8045°N, 110.6879°W(since 1999)
  • 83.1114°N, 69.9583°W(1880–1999) statement is subject of: Q1728311
  • 71.9994°N, 94.5942°W(1870–1880)
Economy of topic
Demographics of topic
Official language
Foundational text
Named after
  • Q5491373 applies to name of subject: Northwest Territories, Territoires du Nord-Ouest
  • Q4770873 applies to name of subject: Denendeh
Total fertility rate
  • 1.728(2019)
Minimum temperature record
  • -59.4°C(January 8, 1936)
Maximum temperature record
  • 39.4°C(July 18, 1941)
GDP (nominal)
  • 4.32B CAD(2020)
Permanent duplicated item
Office held by head of state
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Driving side
Coextensive with
Has cabinet
Tartan

On other databases

76 identifiers linking Northwest Territories across the web's reference databases