Puvirnituq
Puvirnituq (), also known by its previously official name of Povungnituk, is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,129 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Key facts
- Settlement.established_date1
- September 2, 1989
- Settlement.name
- Puvirnituq
- Settlement.native_name
- ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ike
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Northern village municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Puvirnituq - Mai 2012.JPG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
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Puvirnituq (), also known by its previously official name of Povungnituk, is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,129 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Of all other northern villages in Nunavik (VN), only Puvirnituq has no Inuit reserved land (TI) of the same name associated with it.