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Location
Northern Canada.
Time
West of 102°W: GMT - 8 (GMT - 7 from second Sunday in March to first Sunday in November).
Area
1,140,835 sq km (440,479 sq miles).
Population
41,464 (official census 2006).
Population Density
0.04 per sq km.
Capital
Yellowknife. Population: 18,700 (2006).
Geography
The Northwest Territories stretch from the Mackenzie Mountains on the Yukon border to the open, barren lands to the east, and from the shores and islands of the Arctic Ocean to the woodlands in the south. Canada's longest river, the Mackenzie, flows 1,480km (920 miles) from Great Slave Lake to its delta on the Beaufort Sea.
Language
Although Canada is officially bilingual (English and French), English is more commonly spoken in the Northwest Territories.