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Chibougamau
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Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,233 people (2021 Canadian census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay. Chibougamau means "gathering place" in the Cree language.
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- Chibougamau
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- Chibougamau main street
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- Terra nostra dat fructum suum
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- 650, 3e Rue
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Nord-du-Québec
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- Ethnicity
- Government
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Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,233 people (2021 Canadian census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay. Chibougamau means "gathering place" in the Cree language.
Its remoteness from Lac Saint-Jean (over south-east) and Abitibi-Témiscamingue (over south-west) areas causes Chibougamau to provide services for a few smaller communities surrounding it (Mistissini, Oujé-Bougoumou, and Chapais) and for the regional resource-based industries. Despite Chibougamau's remoteness, it is only about as far north as Winnipeg and is south of any part of the mainland of England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chibougamau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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