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Ucluelet (; colloquially known as Ukee) is a district municipality on the Ucluelet Peninsula, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Ucluelet comes from Yuułuʔił which means "people of the safe harbour" in the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth language and is the homeland of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ. As of 2021, its population was 2,066, a 20.3% increase from 1,717 in 2016.

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Settlement.name
Ucluelet
Settlement.official_name
District of Ucluelet
Settlement.nickname
Ukee
Settlement.settlement_type
District municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
UclueletHarbour.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Ucluelet's public dock
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Ucluelet in British Columbia
Settlement.pushpin_map
Vancouver Island#British Columbia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
British Columbia
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Vancouver Island
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Regional district
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Settlement.government_type
District of Ucluelet
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor

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Area
6.81
Elevation
20
Official website
ucluelet.ca
Image
UclueletHarbour.JPG
Dialing code
250
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Commons category
Ucluelet
inception
1952-00-00
postal code
V0R, 3A0
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== Geography == Ucluelet is located at the western edge of Barkley Sound, northwest of the British Columbia provincial capital, Victoria, on the outer west coast of Vancouver Island.

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