Quaqtaq
Northern village municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Inuit reserved land of the same name, see Quaqtaq (Inuit reserved land).
Quaqtaq (Inuktitut: ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 453 in the Canada 2021 Census.
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Quaqtaq
ᖁᐊᕐᑕᖅ | |
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Coordinates: 61°02′N 69°37′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Nord-du-Québec |
TE | Kativik |
Constituted | November 1, 1980 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jusipi Kulula |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
• Prov. riding | Ungava |
Area | |
• Total | 26.60 km2 (10.27 sq mi) |
• Land | 25.82 km2 (9.97 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 453 |
• Density | 17.5/km2 (45/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006–11) | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 173 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | www |
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The village is one of the northernmost inhabited places in Quebec, located on the eastern shore of Diana Bay (Tuvaaluk in the Inuktitut language), on a peninsula which protrudes into the Hudson Strait where it meets Ungava Bay.[5]
The name Quaqtaq signifies tapeworm. According to local folklore, this name derives from a man who once came to the area to hunt beluga and found live parasites in his feces. His hunting companions began to call the place Quaqtaq.
Inaccessible by road, Quaqtaq is served by the small Quaqtaq Airport.