Iqualuit is the capital of which Canadian autonomous Inuit territory created in 1999?
History of Northwest Territories capital cities territory for the Inuit. In 1982, a plebiscite on division was held throughout the Northwest Territories, in which a majority of the residents voted in favour of division. The land claims agreement was completed in September 1992 and ratified by a majority of voters. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Canadian Parliament. In December, 1995, the Nunavut capital plebiscite was held, and the voters in the future Nunavut territory chose Iqaluit as their capital city, defeating Rankin Inlet. Iqaluit became the official capital on April 1, 1999, when
History of the Australian Capital Territory and the law was not repealed until 1928. Until that time local residents travelled to Queanbeyan, just across the New South Wales border, to drink on Saturday. In 1938 the Territory was formally renamed the Australian Capital Territory. The "Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915" and the New South Wales "Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915" created a Territory of Jervis Bay, which was administered as part of the Federal Capital Territory and with all laws of the Territory applicable. Prior to the final decision on the location of the new capital territory, the local landowners and residents of Queanbeyan