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Whitehorse

Northern America

Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon and the largest city in Northern Canada. Incorporated in 1950, it lies at kilometre 1426 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon, with its downtown and Riverdale areas on both shores of the Yukon River. The city takes its name from the White Horse Rapids, whose foam was said to resemble the mane of a white horse.

Facts
Population
28,201 1
Area (sq km)
416.54 2
Founding Year
1898 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 2
Elevation (m)
670 2
Latitude
60.717222 degrees north 2
Longitude
135.055833 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC-07:00 5
Sources
1. Whitehorse (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 28,201 within city boundaries and 31,913 in the census agglomeration.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Whitehorse (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1898-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 60.717222, longitude -135.055833
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 670 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 416.54 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 28201 (2021)
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Whitehorse coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 638.0 ]
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.75, -135.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 60.75, -135.25
60.75 -135.25 Dsc
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5. GeoNames: Whitehorse - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 6180550
Quote, cities500 record 6180550
60.71611 -135.05375 P PPLA CA 12 6001009 28201 707 630 America/Whitehorse
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Wikidata: Whitehorse
Wikidata Q2055, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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