Nauyaat ( Inuit. ) Is a village in Nunavut , Canada . Included in the administrative region Kivalik . Population - 1082 people. (according to the 2016 census) [1] . Until July 2, 2015, the village was called Repulse Bay ( English Repulse Bay [2] ). The village has its own airport .
| Village | |
| Nauyaat | |
|---|---|
| Naujaat ᓇᐅᔮᑦ | |
| A country |  Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Nod |
| Mayor | Hugh hackie |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 423.74 km² |
| Center height | 24 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 6 , in summer UTC − 5 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1082 people ( 2016 ) |
| Density | 1.8 p / km² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 867 |
| Postcode | X0C 0H0 |
Geography
Nauyaat is located near the Arctic Circle , on the shores of Repuls Bay , in the south of the Melville Peninsula. Polar bears , caribou , walruses and seals inhabit the area; in the waters of the bay you can meet whales .
Climate
The climate is arctic , with a large annual amplitude of temperature fluctuations.
There is little precipitation, the main peak of their fall falls on the period from July to October (summer-autumn).
| Climate Nauyaat | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | −27 | −28 | −24 | −14 | −5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | −7 | −17 | −25 | −9,8 |
| Average minimum, ° C | −34 | −35 | −31 | −24 | −12 | −1 | four | 3 | −2 | −13 | −24 | −31 | −16,7 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 2 | one | 3 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 31 | 26 | eleven | four | 190 |
| Source: http://www.shootingonlocation.com/filmlocations/canada/nunavut/repulse-bay/repulse-bay-climateguide.php | |||||||||||||
Population
According to the 2006 census, 748 people lived in Nauyaat. This is 22.2% more than in 2001 (612 people) [1] .
Of the approximately 750 people living in the village, 385 are men and 360 are women. The population is very young: the average age is 18.9 years (compared with 23.1 years on average in Nunavut) [1] . At the same time, for men the average age is 19.4 years, for women - 18.6. Almost 40% of the population does not reach the age of 15 years [1] .
In total, 170 families live in the village. The native tongue for the vast majority is local Inuit dialects. Only about 120 people speak English [1] .
A native of Nauyat is the modern Canadian children's writer Michael Kusugak .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Census Profile, 2016 Census (English) . Statistics Canada.
- ↑ Naujaat, Nunavut, residents celebrate official renaming (English) . CBC News (Jul 02, 2015). The appeal date is June 16, 2019.