Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Baffin Region (also known in Inuktitut as Qikiqtaaluk Region) is a region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringes Island, Ellef Ringes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between. The regional seat is Iqaluit.
Before 1999, Baffin Region was part of the Northwest Territories.
Communities
Attractions
- Astro Hill Complex (Iqaluit)
- Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum (Iqaluit)
- Nunavut Legislature Building (Iqaluit)
- Unikkaarvik Visitors Centre (Iqaluit)
Protected Areas
- Auyuittuq National Park
- Katannilil
- Kekerten
- Mallikjuak
- Pitsutinu-Tungavik
- Qilalukat
- Quammaarviit
- Rotary Club Day Park
- Sirmilik National Park
- Sylvia Grinnel
Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2001)
- Population: 14,372
- Population change (1996-2001): 8.7
- Dwellings: 4,560
- Area (sq. km): 1,023,570.49
- Density (per sq. km.): 0.0
- National rank in terms of population: 257
- Territorial rank in terms of population: 1
Surrounding Counties
