Geographicals

Northwest Territories

A federally administered division of Canada. Its capital is Yellowknife. The former northern and eastern-most parts of the Territory comprise the new territory of Nunavut, effective April 1, 1999.

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Abstract

A federally administered division of Canada. Its capital is Yellowknife. The former northern and eastern-most parts of the Territory comprise the new territory of Nunavut, effective April 1, 1999.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Northwest Territory

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

a division of northwestern Canada; do not confuse with NORTHERN TERRITORY in Australia

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Canada (1966-1989)

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  1. Z01w.107w.567w.176w.564w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Northwest Territories. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015873. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015873
  2. Northwest Territories. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories
  3. Northwest Territories. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2007