Keewatin District

Japanese: キーウェーティン - きーうぇーてぃん(英語表記)District of Keewatin
Keewatin District

The name of a region in Nunavut Territory in northern Canada. The region includes the northern part of northwestern Hudson Bay, the islands in Hudson Bay and James Bay. Area: 590,000 square kilometers (including approximately 25,000 square kilometers of fresh water). Population: approximately 30,000. Established in 1876. In 1920, about half of the southern part was divided into the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, and the current border was decided. It became a direct territory of the government and remains so to this day. Most of it is in the desolate tundra zone.

[Shuji Yamashita]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

カナダ北部、ヌナブート・テリトリーの地区名。ハドソン湾北西部の陸寄りの北部と、ハドソン湾およびジェームズ湾内の島もこの地区に含まれる。面積59万平方キロメートル(淡水面積約2万5000平方キロメートルを含む)。人口約3万。1876年建設。1920年に南部の約半分をマニトバ、オンタリオ両州に分割され現在の境界が決まり、政府の直轄地となって今日に至る。大部分は荒涼たるツンドラ帯に属する。

[山下脩二]

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