Place:Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada

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NameRankin Inlet
Alt namesKangiqiniqsource: Wikipedia
Kangirliniqsource: Wikipedia
TypeCommunity
Coordinates62.75°N 92.167°W
Located inNunavut, Canada     (1955 - )
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Rankin Inlet (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ,[1] meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet on Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. Located on the northwestern Hudson Bay, between Chesterfield Inlet and Arviat, it is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.

As of the 2006 census the population was 2,358, an increase of 8.3% from the 2001 census. It is the second-most populated community in Nunavut (behind the capital of Iqaluit). The hamlet has a land area of 20.24 km² (7.8 sq mi).

In the 1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite, Iqaluit defeated Rankin Inlet to become territorial capital of Nunavut.

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