Provincial
demographics
| Population: |
41,872 (NWT
as of July 1, 2003)
29,384 (Nunavut as of July 1, 2003) |
| Area: |
1,171,918
km˛ | | Area
code: |
867 |
| Capital city: |
Yellowknife (NWT) and Iqaluit (Nunavut) |
| Climate/
temperatures: |
Two major climate zones divide the Northwest Territories, the Arctic and the sub-Arctic.
Temperatures in the sub-Arctic fall below 0 degrees Celsius seven months of the
year. In the Arctic, the average daily temperature of the warmest month of the
year does not exceed 10 degrees Celsius.
http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/canada/yk_e.html/nt_e.html |
Tourism
information
| Provincial
Tourism Office: |
NWT
Arctic Tourism
Box 610, Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2N5 Canada
Tel: (867) 873-7200
Fax: (867) 873-4059
Toll-free: 1-800-661-0788
(from Canada & U.S.A)
arctic@nwttravel.nt.ca
| | Visitor
Information Centers: |
Visitor
Information Centers are indicated by a 
on the travel maps and along provincial highways. |
Links
to provincial websites
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