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Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is the only city in Canada where the sun remains above the horizon for 24 hours during summer solstice.

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Iqaluit

Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Until 1987, it was called Frobisher Bay, a name that is still occasionally used. Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay. As of the 2011 census the population was 6,699, an increase of 8.3 percent from the 2006 census; it has the lowest population of any capital city in Canada. Inhabitants of Iqaluit are called Iqalummiut .

This description uses material from the Wikipedia article on Iqaluit and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (view authors).