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Revision as of 21:13, 20 March 2005 by Docu (talk | contribs) (fmt)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) is a town in the Canadian territory of Nunavut (formerly in the Northwest Territories). It is located at 66°08' North Latitude and 65°45' West Longitude on Baffin Island. As of 2001, the population is 1,276. The area of the town is 7.54 square kilometres.
Pangnirtung is nicknamed the Switzerland of the Arctic.
Famous people from Pangnirtung include Nunavut premier Paul Okalik.
There is also some confusion with the name. Residents of Pangnitung will say that the real name of the town is Panniqtuug, which means "the place of many bull caribou".