Kugluktuk, Nunavut

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Inuit women preparing to make bannock at Kugluktuk

Kugluktuk (Inuinnaqtun: Qurluktuk, Inuktitut: ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, formerly Coppermine until 1 January 1996) is a hamlet located in Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost community in Nunavut, almost on the border with the Northwest Territories. The 2001 Census showed a population of 1,212, making it the ninth-largest municipality in the territory.

The traditional language of the area was Inuinnaqtun and is written using the Latin alphabet rather than the syllabics of the Inuktitut writing system. Like Cambridge Bay, Bathurst Inlet and Umingmaktok syllabics are rarely seen and used mainly by the Government of Nunavut.

Kugluktuk is located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. The surrounding landscape is dominated by the rocky and often barren Canadian Shield. The region has a semi-arid Arctic climate, with very cold winters, summers that are too cool to permit the growth of trees, and light snowfall.

The community has the usual services, a post office, Northern Store, co-op store, Hunters & Trappers Association, and two schools, the Kugluktuk High School and the Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik.

In June 2004 a fuel line broke in the center of Kugluktuk, spilling 2000 litres of diesel fuel.

The entire town is covered by wireless Internet service.

Qurluqtuq means "the place of moving water" in Inuinnaqtun.