Kitikmeot Region

Kitikmeot Region (/ˈkɪtəkmjuːt/; Inuktitut: Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The regional centre is Cambridge Bay (population 1,766;).

For the former region with similar but non-coterminal boundaries, see Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories.

Kitikmeot
ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ (Inuktitut)
Qitirmiut
Region
Kitikmeot Region
Communities of the Kitikmeot
Location in Nunavut
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
Regional centreCambridge Bay
Area
 • Total443,277.47 km2 (171,150.39 sq mi)
Population
 • Total6,543
 • Density0.015/km2 (0.038/sq mi)

Before 1999, Kitikmeot Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories.

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