Pangnirtung
Sign in to savePangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ ) is an Inuit hamlet in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. The community is located about south of the Arctic Circle, and about from the North Pole. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound. As of October 2024, the mayor is Stevie Komoartok.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Pangnirtung
- Settlement.native_name
- Panniqtuuqᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ
- Settlement.nicknames
- "Pang", "Switzerland of the Arctic"
- Settlement.image_skyline
- pangnirtung-uptown.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- "Uptown" neighbourhood of Pangnirtung. April 2006
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Nunavut#Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nunavut
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Qikiqtaaluk
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Electoral district
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Pangnirtung
- Settlement.government_type
- Hamlet Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Stevie Komoartok
- Settlement.leader_title1
- MLA
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Nunavut
- Population
- 1504
- Area
- 7.77
- Elevation
- 23
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Image
- Pangnirtung-uptown.jpg
- Dialing code
- 867
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- Commons category
- Pangnirtung
- postal code
- X0A 0R0
- native label
- ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Demographics
- Geography and climate
- Economic development
- Local services
- Education
- Recreation
- Transportation
- Places of worship
- Health
- Near Pangnirtung
- Small craft harbour
- Broadband communications
- In popular culture
- Notable residents
- Image gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ ) is an Inuit hamlet in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. The community is located about south of the Arctic Circle, and about from the North Pole. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound. As of October 2024, the mayor is Stevie Komoartok.
==Name== There is some confusion about the village name. Residents say the real name is Pangniqtuuq, which means "the place of many bull caribou". Early in 2005 residents voted against officially changing the name of the village to the native one, as Pangnirtung has achieved an international reputation. Its residents have created high-quality traditional arts in sculpture, as well as adaptation of themes and design in printmaking and weaving.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pangnirtung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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