Sanirajak
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Sanirajak (Inuktitut meaning the shoreline), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), formerly known as Hall Beach until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit settlement within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of Igloolik.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sanirajak
- Settlement.native_name
- ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Hamlet
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hall Beach, Nunavut (13431611974).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- North Warning site 1997
- 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_type3
- Electoral district
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Amittuq
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Philip Anguratsiaq
- Settlement.leader_title1
- MLA Amittuq
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Joelie Kaernerk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Qikiqtaaluk Region
- Population
- 891
- Area
- 16.36
- Elevation
- 8
- Official website
- www.hallbeach.com
- Image
- Hall Beach 1997-08-01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sanirajak
- postal code
- X0A 0K0
- native label
- ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demographics
- Geography
- Climate
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Sanirajak (Inuktitut meaning the shoreline), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ), formerly known as Hall Beach until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit settlement within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of Igloolik.
== History == It was established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning (DEW) site. Currently the settlement is home to a North Warning System () radar facility and the Sanirajak Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanirajak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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