Umiujaq

Umiujaq is a northern village near the eastern shore of in in northern , Canada. The village was established in 1986 by Inuit from Kuujjuarapik, 160 km to the south, who decided to relocate away from the area affected by the James Bay Hydro-electric Project.
  • Town with 444 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code YUD
  • …is also known as “ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ Umiujaq”
  • Description: Inuit village in Quebec, Canada

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umiujaq Airport.

Aerodrome
is a public airport located near the town of Umiujaq, , .

Umiujaq

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Latitude
56.55304° or 56° 33′ 11″ north
Longitude
-76.54576° or 76° 32′ 45″ west
Open location code
9785HF33+6M
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Atikamekw to Vietnamese—“Umiujaq” goes by many names.
  • Atikamekw: “Umiujaq”
  • Bengali: “উমিউজাক”
  • Cebuano: “Umiujaq”
  • Cree: “ᐅᒥᐅᔭᒃ”
  • Danish: “Umiujaq”
  • Dutch: “Umiujaq, Quebec”
  • Finnish: “Umiujaq”
  • French: “Umiujaq”
  • Greek: “Ουμιουτζάκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉમિઉજેક”
  • Indonesian: “Umiujaq”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐅᒥᐅᔭᖅ”
  • Irish: “Umiujaq”
  • Italian: “Umiujaq”
  • Kannada: “ಯುಮಿಜುಕ್”
  • Latvian: “Umidžaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Umiudžakas”
  • Malay: “Umiujaq”
  • Marathi: “उमिऊजॅक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umiujaq”
  • Polish: “Umiujaq”
  • Russian: “Умиуджак”
  • Russian: “Умиуяк”
  • Sinhala: “උමියුජාක්”
  • Spanish: “Umiujaq”
  • Swedish: “Umiujaq”
  • Tamil: “உமியுஜெக்”
  • Telugu: “ఉమియూజాక్”
  • Turkish: “Umiujaq”
  • Ukrainian: “Уміуджак”
  • Urdu: “اومیوژاق”
  • Vietnamese: “Umiujaq”

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