Amqui

Also known as Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre, Amqui, Quebec, Amqui, QC

Amqui (; ) is a town in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula in Bas-Saint-Laurent. Located at the confluence of the Humqui and Matapédia Rivers, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. The main access road is Quebec Route 132.

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Settlement.name: Amqui
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Amqui.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Amqui
Settlement.flag_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_shield: Blason ville ca Amqui (Quebec).svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Amqui Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Eastern Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in eastern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bas-Saint-Laurent
Settlement.subdivision_type3: RCM
Settlement.subdivision_name3: La Matapédia
Settlement.established_title: Settled

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Saint-Benoit Joseph Labre
Demonym: Amquienne
Population: 6129
Area: 122.41
Official website: www.ville.amqui.qc.ca
Image: Vue d'Amqui.JPG
Dialing code: 418

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Commons category: Amqui
IPA transcription: ɒmkwi
inception: 1906-11-28
postal code: G0J
native label: Amgoig
mean age: 45
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +1-418-629-4242

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The Mi'kmaq word amgoig, also written humqui, unkoui and ankwi, means "the place to have fun", "half wall" or "place of amusement and pleasure." Another Mi'kmaq name for the area is Amkooĭk or Mkooögwĭk which aptly describes the area as "boggy." One source postulates that its name comes from the swirling water at the junction of the Humqui and Matapédia rivers. However, the most plausible explanation appears to be more pragmatic: Amqui was formerly a place where Amerindians gathered for pow wows.