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AllRefer.com - Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Canada - (territory) - Facts and Information |
 | | Nunavut, territory, NE Canada, created by a plebiscite on May 4, 1992, the electorate of the N.W.T. approved a boundary that would divide the territory along a zigzag line running from the Sask.-Man. border almost to the North Pole. |
| | The territory, Canada's 3d after the Yukon and the remaining N.W.T., will effectively be controlled by the Inuit, who, with 17,500 people, make up the majority of the area's pop. |
| | The new territory will have to rely on the development of its mineral resources, in addition to hunting, fishing, fur trapping, sealing, and the production of arts and crafts, in order to establish its economic base. |
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