Yellowknife

capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories, Canada
City city Q2061
Yellowknife
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Yellowknife

Summary

Yellowknife is a city[1]. Yellowknife has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Yellowknife is located in Northwest Territories[3].
  • Yellowknife is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Yellowknife is on the body of water Great Slave Lake[5].
  • Yellowknife's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Yellowknife's instance of is recorded as municipality[7].
  • Yellowknife's shares border with is recorded as Ndilǫ[8].
  • Yellowknife's shares border with is recorded as Dettah[9].
  • T'satsąot'ınę is named after Yellowknife[10].
  • Yellowknife's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fairbanks[11].
  • Yellowknife's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yakutsk[12].
  • Yellowknife's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reno[13].
  • Yellowknife's legislative body is recorded as Yellowknife City Council[14].
  • Yellowknife's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of Yellowknife[15].
  • Yellowknife's postal code is recorded as X1A[16].
  • Yellowknife's Commons category is recorded as Yellowknife[17].
  • Yellowknife's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[18].
  • Yellowknife's local dialing code is recorded as 867[19].
  • 1936 marks the founding of Yellowknife[20].
  • January 1, 1970 marks the founding of Yellowknife[21].
  • Yellowknife's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62.44222222222222, 'lon': -114.3975}[22].
  • Yellowknife's official website is recorded as https://www.yellowknife.ca/[23].
  • Yellowknife's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yellowknife[24].
  • Yellowknife's Commons gallery is recorded as Yellowknife, Northwest Territories[25].
  • Yellowknife has a population of {'amount': '+19234'}[26].
  • Yellowknife has a population of {'amount': '+19569'}[27].

Body

Geography

Yellowknife is in the country of Canada[4]. Yellowknife is located in Northwest Territories[3]. Yellowknife is on the body of water Great Slave Lake[5].

Physical Characteristics

Yellowknife covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+136.22'}[28]. Yellowknife sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+190'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19234'}[26], {'amount': '+19569'}[27], and {'amount': '+20340'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[6] and municipality[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include 1936[20] and January 1, 1970[21]. T'satsąot'ınę is named after Yellowknife[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yellowknife include Yellowknife Airport[31], an airport[32], in Canada[33].

Why It Matters

Yellowknife has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Yellowknife is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Yellowknife include Yellowknife Airport[31], an airport[32], in Canada[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . moiyakutsk.ru. moiyakutsk.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Canada 2011 Census. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Canada 2016 Census. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . Canada 2021 Census. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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