Kangirsuk
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Kangirsuk (in Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ/Kangirsuq, meaning "the bay") is an Inuit village in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It is north of Kuujjuaq, between Aupaluk and Quaqtaq. The community is only accessible by air (Kangirsuk Airport) and, in late summer, by boat. The village used to be known also as Payne Bay and Bellin.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kangirsuk
- Settlement.native_name
- ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ike
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Northern village municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pano Kangirsuk.jpg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Quebec#Canada
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 197
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- 101, chemin Kuuvviliariaq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nord-du-Québec
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- TE
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kativik
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ
- Demonym
- Kangiqsumiuq
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Kativik Regional Government
- Population
- 561
- Area
- 59.71
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- www.nvkangirsuk.ca
- Image
- Pano Kangirsuk.jpg
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- native label
- Kangirsuk
- Commons category
- Kangirsuk
- inception
- 1981-01-17
- postal code
- J0M 1A0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Demographics
- Education
- Flora and fauna
- References
- External links
Kangirsuk (in Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖅ/Kangirsuq, meaning "the bay") is an Inuit village in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It is north of Kuujjuaq, between Aupaluk and Quaqtaq. The community is only accessible by air (Kangirsuk Airport) and, in late summer, by boat. The village used to be known also as Payne Bay and Bellin.
==Geography== Kangirsuk is located above the tree line near the mouth of the Arnaud River on the north shore of Payne Bay, inland from the western coast of Ungava Bay. A rocky cliff to the north and a large, rocky hill to the west partially surround the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangirsuk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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