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Northwest Territories is located in northwestern North America,
and borders Yukon (west), British Columbia (south-west), Alberta
(south), Saskatchewan (south-east), and Nunavut (east). Boreal forests
in the south fade to barren tundra in the north. The short growing
season makes commercial agriculture impossible. Native peoples make
up nearly half the sparse population. The details of their origins
and migration routes are unclear, but it is most likely that they
came to Alaska from Asia across the land bridge. Great Slave Lake,
rich in whitefish and trout, is the major center for fishing.
Population
& Geography
Total
Area: 1,346,106 sq km / 519,734 sq mi1
Population:
42,600 (2007)1
Capital
City: Yellowknife
Largest
Metro Areas: N/A1
Economy
GDP:
$3.659 billion USD (2006)1
GDP
per capita: $85,899
USD (2006)1
Unemployment
Rate: 10.4% (2006)1
Government
Premier:
Floyd Roland (2007)2
Legislative
Assembly: 19 Independents (including Premier) (2007)2
Other Information
Federal Representation:
1 New Democrat (2007)3
Origin
of Name: Originally the term was applied to all lands
north and west of Lake Superior. From 1870 to 1905, North-West
Territories was used for the region formed from the union of Rupert's
Land and the North-Western Territory.4
If Northwest Territories were admitted into the Union today..
Area
Rank: 1st
biggest Territory/Commonwealth (bigger than Puerto Rico, biggest
in the Union).5
Population
Rank: 6th
most populous Territory/Commonwealth (bigger than Midway Islands,
smaller than American Samoa).5
GDP
Rank: 53rd biggest economy in US (bigger than Guam, smaller than Vermont).6
Congressmen:
1 House Representative
Electoral
Votes:
0
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