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Geographic Locations > Americas > North America > Canada > Northwest Territories

Preferred term

Northwest Territories  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Northwest Territory

Note

  • a division of northwestern Canada; do not confuse with NORTHERN TERRITORY in Australia

Scope note

  • A federally administered division of Canada. Its capital is Yellowknife. The former northern and eastern-most parts of the Territory comprise the new territory of Nunavut, effective April 1, 1999.

History note

  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015873

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