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The name is Inuktitut and means "place to live." Inhabitants of Nunavik are called Nunavimmiut.

The principal town in Nunavik is Kuujjuaq; other settlements include Inukjuaq (where the film Nanook of the North was shot), Salluit , Povungnituk , and Kangiqsualujjuaq.

Nunavik is separated from NunavutNunavut ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Nunavut Sanginivut (Nunavut our strength / Our land our strength Capital Iqaluit Official Language English, French, Inuktitut, and Inuinnaqtun Area Total % fresh water 1st largest(1st lgst terr. 2 093 190 km² 7. Territory by the Hudson StraitHudson Strait is a strait connecting Hudson Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, running in an west-east direction. It is bounded on the north by Baffin Island and on the south by Quebec's Ungava Peninsula, and by Labrador. The strait's eastern entrance is between. The Ungava PeninsulaThe Ungava Peninsula in northernmost Quebec is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Ungava Bay to the east. The Ungava Peninsula is part of the Labrador Peninsula. External link Peninsulas Quebec. and Ungava Bay are in Nunavik, which forms the northern two-thirds of the region of Nord-du-QuébecThe Nord-du-Quebec is the largest of the 17 regions of Quebec. It occupies 840,000 km², the northernmost 55% of the province's territory; the west coast of James Bay and far inland, as well as the whole province north of the 55th parallel all the way up t.

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Under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1978, the Makivik Corporation , headquartered in Kuujjuaq, is authorised to represent the Inuit of Nunavik. They are seeking self-government for the region, and have negotiated a number of claims on resource development in Nunavik.