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Yellowknife (/ ˈ j ɛ l oʊ n aɪ f /; Dogrib: Sǫǫ̀mbak’è) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and only city in the territory; its population was 20,340 as of the 2021 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission .
5 dni temu · Yellowknife, city and capital (since 1967) of Northwest Territories, northwestern Canada. It lies on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, 5 miles (8 km) south of the mouth of the Yellowknife River.
11 sie 2017 · Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada. With a total population of 44,291, it the most populated of Canada's three northern territories. It has a total area of 1,144,000 square kilometres, which makes it the second largest territory in terms of size. Yellowknife is the capital of Northwest Territories, and the largest community in the ...
20 cze 2024 · Northwest Territories, region of northern and northwestern Canada encompassing a vast area of forests and tundra. Before the creation in 1999 of Nunavut out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories, they constituted more than one-third of the area of Canada. Yellowknife is the capital.
24 sie 2018 · Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Yellowknife is also the only city in the Northwest Territories. A small, culturally diverse city in the far north of Canada, Yellowknife combines all the urban amenities with memories of the old gold prospecting days.
18 maj 2011 · The most populous of the small urban centres in the Northwest Territories are located in the Mackenzie Valley area, with Yellowknife, the capital, being the largest city. It began as a gold mining centre and became the territorial capital in 1967.
