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Northwest Territories is the most populous of Canada's three territories with 41,462 residents as of 2011 and is the second-largest territory in land area at approximately . The Northwest Territories' 24 municipalities cover only of the territory's land mass but are home to of its population.〔〔 According to the ''Cities, Towns and Villages Act'' (''CTVA''), the ''Hamlets Act'' and the ''Charter Communities Act'' (''CCA''), all of which were enacted in 2003, a municipality is an area within a city, town, village, hamlet or charter community that was established or continued by a legislative order. The ''Tlicho Community Government Act'' (''TCGA''), enacted in 2004, also considers community governments as municipal corporations alongside charter communities, cities, hamlets, towns and villages. Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and its only city, while Fort Simpson is its only village. Of the remaining 22 municipalities, three of them are charter communities, four are community governments of the Tlicho people, eleven are hamlets and four are towns.〔 The ''CTVA'', the ''Hamlets Act'', the ''CCA'' and the ''TCGA'' stipulate governance of these municipalities.〔〔〔〔 Nearly half of the population of the Northwest Territories () resides in Yellowknife, the largest municipality in the territory at 19,234 residents.〔 The smallest municipality by population is Enterprise with 99 residents.〔〔 The largest municipality by area is Fort Resolution at , while the smallest is Gamèti at .〔 == Cities == An application can be submitted to incorporate a community as a city under the ''Cities, Town and Villages Act'' at the request of a minimum 25 residents that are eligible electors, or at the initiative of the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, if the proposed city has a minimum assessed land value of $200 million or if an exception is made by the Minister.〔 The only city in the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife.〔 It had a population of 19,234 residents and a land area of in the 2011 Census.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of municipalities in the Northwest Territories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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