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Yukon

Yukon
NameYukon
MottoN/A
FullnameYukon
EntityAdjectiveTerritorial
FlagFlag of Yukon.svg
CoatOfArmsCoat of arms of Yukon.svg
Label Mapno
OfficialLangEnglish, French
DemonymYukoner
FlowerFireweed
TreeWhite Birch
BirdCommon Raven
CapitalWhitehorse
LargestCityWhitehorse
LargestMetroWhitehorse
PremierDarrell Pasloski
PremierPartyYukon Party
ViceroyDoug Phillips
ViceroyTypeCommissioner
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
PostalAbbreviationYT
PostalCodePrefixY
AreaRank9th
TotalArea Km2482443
LandArea Km2474391
WaterArea Km28052
PercentWater1.7
PopulationRank12th
Population34,246 (est.)
PopulationYear2010
DensityRank11th
Density Km20.065
GDP Year2006
GDP TotalC$1.596 billion
GDP Rank12th
GDP Per CapitaC$51,154
GDP Per Capita Rank3rd
AdmittanceOrder9th
AdmittanceDateJune 13, 1898
TimeZoneUTC-8
HouseSeats1
SenateSeats1
ISOCodeCA-YT
Websitewww.gov.yk.ca

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Yukon c-enˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.

The territory was created from the rump of the Hudson's Bay Company's North-Western Territory in 1898 as "the Yukon". Receiving royal assent on March 27, 2002, the federal government moderized the Yukon Act to confirm "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current usage standard. Though officially bilingual (English and French) the Yukon Government also recognizes First Nations languages.

At 5959 m, Yukon's Mount Logan, in Kluane National Park and Reserve, is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest of North America (after Mount McKinley in the U.S. state of Alaska). The territory's climate is Arctic and subarctic, resulting in long cold winters, short summers, and little precipitation.


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