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Iqaluit (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 63 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 63.7500 decimal degrees |
Long: 068 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -68.5000 decimal degrees |
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Names: |
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Iqaluit (preferred,C,V,O)
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............ | since 1984 |
Frobisher (C,U)
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Upper Frobisher (C,U)
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Ward Inlet (C,U)
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Frobisher Bay (H,V)
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............ | from 1942 until 1984 |
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Iqaluit (inhabited place) (P) |
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Iqaluit (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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capital (C) |
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of Nunavut Territory, established April 1, 1999 |
defense installation (H) |
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US air force base in 1942 |
regional capital (C) |
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