Rankin Inlet
Rankin Inlet
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Rankin Inlet from the air | |
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| Coordinates: 62°49′N 092°05′W / 62.817°N 92.083°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Kivalliq |
| Electoral districts | Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet Rankin Inlet South |
| Government | |
| • Type | Hamlet Council |
| • Mayor | Harry Towtongie |
| • MLAs | Alexander Sammurtok Annie Tattuinee |
| Area (2021) | |
• Total | 20.03 km2 (7.73 sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 2.86 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,975 |
| • Density | 148.5/km2 (385/sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 2,698 |
| • Population centre density | 942.6/km2 (2,441/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone Exchange | 645 |
| GNBC Code | OANSI |
| NTS Map | 55K16 Rankin Inlet |
| Waterway | Hudson Bay |
| Website | www.rankininlet.net |
Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ, romanized: Kangiqiniq), which fronts to Hudson Bay, is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut after the territorial capital, Iqaluit. Rankin Inlet is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region. It is also the largest settlement in mainland Nunavut.
In the 1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite, voters chose Iqaluit over Rankin Inlet to become the territorial capital of Nunavut.