Naujaat

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Naujaat (Inuktitut: ᓇᐅᔮᑦ, lit. 'seagulls' nesting place'), Anglicised and officially known until 2 July 2015 as Repulse Bay,^[6] is an Inuit hamlet situated on the Arctic Circle. It is located on the shores of Hudson Bay, at the south end of the Melville Peninsula, in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

^ "Naujaat". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Naujaat, Nunavut, residents celebrate official renaming today

Repulse Bay ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
Naujaat
Naujaat in October
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Coordinates: 66°32′N 086°15′W / 66.533°N 86.250°W / 66.533; -86.250^[1]
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Region	Kivalliq
Electoral district	Aivilik
Government ^[2]^[3]
• Type	Hamlet Council
• Mayor	Alan Robinson
• MLA	Solomon Malliki
Area (2021)^[4]
• Total	406.19 km² (156.83 sq mi)
Elevation ^[5]	24 m (79 ft)
Population (2021)^[4]
• Total	1,225
• Density	3.0/km² (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code	X0C 0H0
Area code	867