Naujaat

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Repulse Bay
ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
Naujaat
Naujaat in October
Naujaat in October
Repulse Bay is located in Nunavut
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay is located in Canada
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay
Coordinates: 66°32′N 086°15′W / 66.533°N 86.250°W / 66.533; -86.250[1]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionKivalliq
Electoral districtAivilik
Government
[2][3]
 • TypeHamlet Council
 • MayorAlan Robinson
 • MLASolomon Malliki
Area
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
406.19 km2 (156.83 sq mi)
Elevation
[5]
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
1,225
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code
X0C 0H0
Area code867

Naujaat (Inuktitut: ᓇᐅᔮᑦ, lit. 'seagulls' nesting place'), Anglicised and officially known until 2 July 2015 as Repulse Bay,[6] is an Inuit hamlet situated on the Arctic Circle. It is located on the shores of Hudson Bay, at the south end of the Melville Peninsula, in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

  1. ^ "Naujaat". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ Naujaat, Nunavut, residents celebrate official renaming today