Behchokǫ̀
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Behchokǫ̀ ([bɛ́ht͡ʃʰókʰõ̀] or [bɛ́ht͡sʰókʰõ̀]; ) (from the Tłı̨chǫ meaning "Behcho's place"), officially the Tłı̨chǫ Community Government of Behchokǫ̀, is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Behchokǫ̀ is located on the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway), on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately northwest of Yellowknife.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Behchokǫ̀
- Settlement.other_name
- ᐯᐊᑋᐟᗱᒼᑯRae-Edzo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Tłı̨chǫ Community Government
- Settlement.motto
- Strong like two people
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Raeedzo greatslavelake.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Behchokǫ̀ on Great Slave Lake
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Northwest Territories#Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northwest Territories
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- North Slave
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Monfwi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chief
- Settlement.leader_name
- Bertha Rabesca Zoe
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Senior Administrative Officer
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Behchokǫ̀
- Population
- 1746
- Elevation
- 179
- Image
- Raeedzo greatslavelake.jpg
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- postal code
- X0E 0Y0
- Commons category
- Behchoko
- inception
- 2005-08-04
- native label
- Behchokǫ̀
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Behchokǫ̀ ([bɛ́ht͡ʃʰókʰõ̀] or [bɛ́ht͡sʰókʰõ̀]; ) (from the Tłı̨chǫ meaning "Behcho's place"), officially the Tłı̨chǫ Community Government of Behchokǫ̀, is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Behchokǫ̀ is located on the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway), on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately northwest of Yellowknife.
== History == This area was territory of Dene peoples for thousands of years prior to European contact.
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