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General Information
Area: 1,171,918 sq km (452,480 sq miles).
Population: 42,083 (official estimate 2000).
Population Density: 0.03 per sq km.
Capital: Yellowknife. Population: 18,028 (official estimate 2000).
GEOGRAPHY: The Northwest Territories stretch from the Mackenzie Mountains on the Yukon border to the open barrenlands to the east, from the shores and islands of the Arctic Ocean to the woodlands in the south. Canada’s longest river, the Mackenzie, flows 1800km (1125 miles) from Great Slave Lake to its delta on the Beaufort Sea.
Language: Although Canada is officially bilingual (English and French), English is more commonly spoken in the Northwest Territories.
Time: West of 102°W: GMT - 8 (GMT - 7 in summer).
Note: Summer officially lasts from the last Sunday in April to the Saturday before the last Sunday in October.
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