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Aupaluk () (2021 Population: 233) is a northern village in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. It is the least-populous Inuit community in Nunavik.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Aupaluk
Settlement.native_name
ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃ
Settlement.native_name_lang
ike
Settlement.settlement_type
Northern village municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map
Canada Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
197
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Nord-du-Québec
Settlement.subdivision_type3
TE
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kativik
Settlement.established_title1
Constituted
Settlement.established_date1
February 2, 1980
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Johnny Akpahatak
Settlement.leader_title1
Federal riding
Settlement.leader_name1
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

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Aupaluk () (2021 Population: 233) is a northern village in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. It is the least-populous Inuit community in Nunavik.

The name means "where the earth is red", referring to its iron-bearing (ferruginous) soil.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aupaluk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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