Kinngait
Kinngait
Sikusiilaq ᑭᙵᐃᑦ | |
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Part of the village with characteristic Kinngait hill, May 1997 | |
| Nickname: Capital of Inuit Art | |
Kinngait Kinngait | |
| Coordinates: 64°14′00″N 076°32′30″W / 64.23333°N 76.54167°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Electoral district | South Baffin |
| Federal Electoral district | Nunavut |
| Hudson's Bay Company post | 1913 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Hamlet |
| • Mayor | Timoon Toonoo |
| • MLA | David Joanasie |
| • MP | Lori Idlout |
| • Senator | Dennis Patterson |
| Area (2021) | |
• Total | 9.89 km2 (3.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,396 |
| • Density | 141.2/km2 (366/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning 'high mountain' or 'where the hills are'; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ or ᑭᖖᒉᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.