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Akulivik

Akulivik () (2021 population 642) is an Inuit village in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. It is located on a peninsula that juts southwesterly into Hudson Bay across from Smith Island, Nunavut (Qikirtajuaq). Akulivik lies 1,850 km north of Montreal.

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Settlement.name: Akulivik
Settlement.native_name: ᐊᑯᓕᕕᒃ
Settlement.native_name_lang: ike
Settlement.settlement_type: Northern village municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Akulivik.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 197
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nord-du-Québec
Settlement.subdivision_type3: TE
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kativik
Settlement.established_title1: Constituted
Settlement.established_date1: December 29, 1979
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Official name: ᐊᑯᓕᕕᒃ
Demonym: Akulivimmiuq
Population: 642
Area: 74.63
Elevation: 17
Official website: www.nvakulivik.ca
Image: Akulivik.jpg

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Commons category: Akulivik
native label: Akulivik
inception: 1922-00-00
postal code: J0M 1V0

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Akulivik, meaning "central prong of a kakivak" in the Nunavik dialect of Inuktitut, takes its name from the surrounding geography. Located on a peninsula between two bays, the area evokes the shape of a kakivak, a traditional, trident-shaped spear used for fishing.