Rivière-Koksoak, Quebec
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Rivière-Koksoak | |
|---|---|
  Rivière-Koksoak | |
| Coordinates: 57°10′N 69°20′W / 57.167°N 69.333°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Nord-du-Québec |
| TE | Kativik |
| Constituted | January 1, 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis and Ungava |
| Area | |
• Total | 346,429.30 km2 (133,757.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 307,039.90 km2 (118,548.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Change (2006–11) |  100.0% |
| • Dwellings | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Rivière-Koksoak is a very large unorganized territory in the Kativik Regional Government territory in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. It is named after the Koksoak River.
It consists of nearly the entire eastern part of northernmost Quebec. Bordering it to the west is the other large unorganized territory in Kativik, Baie-d'Hudson.
Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 0; enclaved within it, however, are various northern villages (i.e., Inuit communities) and one (uninhabited) Naskapi village municipality. In the 2006 census it had a population of 15.
References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149778". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 99902". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Rivière-Koksoak, Quebec (Code 2499902) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.