Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk
Qurluqtuq ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ | |
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Hill top view of Kugluktuk | |
| Coordinates: 67°49′36″N 115°05′36″W / 67.82667°N 115.09333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kitikmeot |
| Electoral district | Kugluktuk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ryan Nivingalok |
| • MLA | Bobby Anavilok |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 538.99 km2 (208.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,382 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| • DPL | 956 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq, lit. 'the place of moving water'; Inuktitut syllabics: ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ; Inuktitut pronunciation: [quʁluqtuq]), known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. It is Nunavut's westernmost community, near the border with the Northwest Territories.
The area's traditional language is Inuinnaqtun, which is written in the Latin alphabet, rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet, and Umingmaktok, syllabics are rarely seen and are used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.