Yellowknife is the capital, largest community and only city in Canada's Northwest Territories. It sits on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude62.442222 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yellowknife (Wikipedia)
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The city's population was 20,340 per the 2021 Canadian census.
- In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Yellowknife (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 62.442222, longitude -114.3975
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 190 m
P2046 (area)
area 136.22 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1936
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2021)
View the Source3. GeoNames: Yellowknife - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 6185377
62.45411 -114.37248 P PPLA CA 13 11995137 6106023 20340 252 America/Edmonton
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 252 m
View the Source 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 62.25, -114.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 62.25, -114.25
62.25 -114.25 Dfc
Wikidata: Yellowknife
Wikidata Q2061, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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