Rankin Inlet

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Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, romanized: Kangiqtiniq), which fronts to Hudson Bay, is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut after the territorial capital, Iqaluit. Rankin Inlet is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region. It is also the largest settlement in mainland Nunavut. In the 1995 Nunavut capital plebiscite, voters chose Iqaluit over Rankin Inlet to become the territorial capital of Nunavut, with roughly 40% of voters voting for Rankin Inlet.

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