Nord-du-Québec
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Nord-du-Québec (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ dy kebɛk]; Inglis: Northern Quebec, Scots: Northren Quebec) is the lairgest o the seiventeen admeenistrative regions o Quebec, Canadae. Wi nearly 750,000 square kilometre (290,000 sq mi) o land aurie, an vera extensive lakes an rivers, it covers hintle o the Labrador Peninsulae an aboot 55% o the tot land surface aurie o Quebec an is lairger than the U.S. state o Texas.
Nord-du-Québec | |
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Region; an aw Census diveesion | |
Nord-du-Québec (admeenistrative region) | |
Coordinates: 56°10′N 74°25′W[1][2] | |
Kintra | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Area | |
• Laund | 747161.22 km2 (288,480.56 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 42,579 |
• Density | 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi) |
• Chynge (2006–11) | 6.9% |
• Dwellins | 14515 |
Website | www |
Afore 1912, the northmoaist pairt o this region wis kent as the Ungava Destrict o the Northwast Territories, an till 1987 it wis referred tae as Nouveau-Québec, or New Quebec. It is bordered bi Hudson Bay an James Bay in the wast, Hudson Strait an Ungava Bay in the north, Labrador in the northeast, an the admeenistrative regions o Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, an Côte-Nord in the sooth an sootheast.
The Nord-du-Québec region is pairt o the territory covered bi the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement o 1975; ither regions covered (in pairt) bi this greement include Côte-Nord, Mauricie an Abitibi-Témiscamingue admeenistrative regions.