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The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,127,711.92 km2 (435,412.01 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of the second quarter of 2024 is 44,920. Yellowknife is the capital, most populous community, and the only city in the territory; its population was 20,340 as of the 2021 census. It became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.
The Tłı̨chǫ people, sometimes spelled Tlicho and also known as the Dogrib, are a Dene First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group living in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
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- 1 2 Zingel, Avery (July 28, 2021). "Jane Weyallon Armstrong takes clear win in Monfwi byelection". CBC News . Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ↑ "'Gender never came into my mind,' says woman who brought N.W.T. Legislature to Canada's 1st female majority". CBC News . July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ↑ Pruys, Sarah (July 14, 2021). "Monfwi By-election 2021: Jane Weyallon Armstrong's interview". cabinradio.ca. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ↑ Holden, Robert (24 November 2023). "Only one N.W.T. MLA told us they're fluent in an Indigenous language". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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