Iqaluit

Iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ Frobisher Bay
City
City of Iqaluit
Iqaluit from Joamie Hill in June 2010
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Coordinates: 63°44′55″N 068°31′11″W / 63.74861°N 68.51972°W / 63.74861; -68.51972
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Qikiqtaaluk Region
Electoral districts	Iqaluit-Manirajak Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Iqaluit-Sinaa Iqaluit-Tasiluk
Settled	1942
Village status	1974
Town status	1980
City status	19 April 2001
Founded by	Nakasuk
Government [2][3][4][5][6]
• Type	Iqaluit Municipal Council
• Mayor	Madeleine Redfern[1]
• MLAs	Monica Ell-Kanayuk Pat Angnakak Paul Okalik George Hickes
Area
• Total	52.50 km2 (20.27 sq mi)
• Population Centre	9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	7,740
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
• Population Centre	7,082
• Population Centre density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym	Iqalummiut
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0A 0H0, X0A 1H0
Area code	867
Telephone Exchanges	222 (mobile), 975, 979
NTS Map	025N10
GNBC Code	OATRP
Website	www.city.iqaluit.nu.ca

Iqaluit (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) is the capital of and largest community in Nunavut in Canada. It is the most northerly capital in Canada, and is also Canada's fastest growing community.^[8]

1. ↑ "MAYOR MADELEINE REDFERN" Archived 2017-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. City of Iqaluit website, April 7, 2017.
2. ↑ "Council Members". City.iqaluit.nu.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
3. ↑ Results for the constituency of Iqaluit-Manirajak Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
4. ↑ Results for the constituency of Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu Archived 2013-11-14 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
5. ↑ Results for the constituency of Iqaluit-Sinaa Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at Elections Nunavut
6. ↑ Results for the constituency of Iqaluit-Tasiluk Archived 2013-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
7. ↑ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 January 2009 to 0901Z 12 March 2009
8. ↑ "Welcome to the City of Iqaluit". City of Iqaluit. Archived from the original on 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-11-07.