Yellowknife
capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Summary
Yellowknife is a city[1]. Yellowknife ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,988 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northwest Territories[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Great Slave Lake[5]
- Instance of: municipality[6]
- Shares border with: Ndilǫ[7], Dettah[8]
- Named after: T'satsąot'ınę[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Fairbanks[10], Yakutsk[11], Reno[12]
- Legislative body: Yellowknife City Council[13]
- Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Yellowknife[14]
- Postal code: X1A[15]
- Commons category: Yellowknife[16]
- Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[17]
- Local dialing code: 867[18]
- Inception: 1936[19], January 1, 1970[20]
- Official website: https://www.yellowknife.ca/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yellowknife[22]
- Commons gallery: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories[23]
- Population: 19,234[24], 19,569[25], 20,340[26]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Yellowknife[27]
- Capital of: Northwest Territories[28]
- Official name: Yellowknife[29], Sǫǫ̀mbak'è[30]
- Motto text: Multim in Parvo[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Yellowknife[32]
- Demonym: Yellowknifer[33], yellowknifien[34], yellowknifienne[35]
- Native label: Yellowknife[36], Sǫǫ̀mbak'è[37]
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Physical Characteristics
Yellowknife covers an area of 136.22 km²[38]. Yellowknife sits at an elevation of 190 m[39].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Yellowknife include Yellowknife Airport[40], an airport[41], in Canada[42].
Why It Matters
Yellowknife has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Yellowknife is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Yellowknife include Yellowknife Airport[40], an airport[41], in Canada[42].