Whitehorse

Also known as Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse, YT

Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse.

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Whitehorse is the capital and largest city of Yukon in Northern Canada, incorporated in 1950 and situated on the Alaska Highway along the Yukon River. The city is historically and geographically significant as a major settlement in Canada's north, named after nearby White Horse Rapids.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Whitehorse
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.nickname: "The Wilderness City"
Settlement.motto: Our People, Our Strength
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.gif
Settlement.flag_size: 110px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Whitehorse.png
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: City of Whitehorse Logo.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Logo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Yukon#Canada
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Whitehorse##Location of Whitehorse
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Yukon
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_title1: Governing body
Settlement.leader_title2: MPs

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Whitehorsian
Population: 28201
Area: 416.54
Elevation: 1700
Official website: www.whitehorse.ca
Image: Whitehorse, Yukon in 2019.jpg
Dialing code: 867

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P12749: December 1
Commons category: Whitehorse, Yukon
Commons gallery: Whitehorse, Yukon
inception: 1898-00-00
P8168: Johann Josef Loschmidt
native label: Whitehorse

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Because of the city's location in the Whitehorse valley and relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the climate tends to be milder. At this latitude, winter days are short and summer days have up to about 19 hours of daylight.