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Kinngait
Sikusiilaq ᑭᙵᐃᑦ | |
|---|---|
 Part of the village with characteristic Kinngait hill, May 1997 | |
| Nickname: Capital of Inuit Art | |
  Kinngait  Kinngait | |
| Coordinates: 64°14′00″N 076°32′30″W / 64.23333°N 76.54167°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Electoral district | South Baffin |
| Federal Electoral district | Nunavut |
| Hudson's Bay Company post | 1913 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Hamlet |
| • Mayor | Timoon Toonoo |
| • MLA | David Joanasie |
| • MP | Mumilaaq Qaqqaq |
| • Senator | Dennis Patterson |
| Area (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 9.89 km2 (3.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 1,396 |
| • Density | 141.2/km2 (366/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are";[6][7] Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020,[8] is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island[9] near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
- ^ "Kinngait". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ History of Cape Dorset Archived 14 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cohen, Sidney. "Cape Dorset council endorses vote to return community name to Kinngait". CBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Tranter, Emma (28 February 2020). "Nunavut minister signs off on name changes for two communities". Nunatsiaq News. Nortext Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Government of Nunavut - Communities