Rivière-Koksoak is a very large unorganized territory in the Kativik Regional Government territory in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec. It is named after the Koksoak River.
Rivière-Koksoak | |
|---|---|
  Rivière-Koksoak | |
| Coordinates: 57°10′N 69°20′W / 57.167°N 69.333°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Nord-du-Québec |
| TE | Kativik |
| Constituted | January 1, 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis and Ungava |
| Area | |
• Total | 346,429.30 km2 (133,757.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 307,039.90 km2 (118,548.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Change (2006–11) |  100.0% |
| • Dwellings | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
It consists of nearly the entire eastern part of northernmost Quebec. Bordering it to the west is the other large unorganized territory in Kativik, Baie-d'Hudson.
Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 0; enclaved within it, however, are various northern villages (i.e., Inuit communities) and one (uninhabited) Naskapi village municipality. In the 2006 census it had a population of 15.
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149778". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 99902". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Rivière-Koksoak, Quebec (Code 2499902) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.