Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the largest of 's four provinces. Newfoundland is an island; is an adjoining mainland coastal region which abuts .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include St. John’s and Gros Morne National Park.

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St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the oldest city in North America outside of the Caribbean and is on the Avalon Peninsula in the southeast corner of the island of Newfoundland.

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is a Canadian national park on the west coast of Newfoundland. A UNESCO World Heritage site, protects an area of impressive natural beauty, rural Newfoundland culture, and unique geological wonders.

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is the largest city in with a population of 19,300. It offers many urban amenities and is a great launching point for exploring Western Newfoundland.

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is the region of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador that includes the Avalon Peninsula, which extends farther east than any part of except , and the Bonavista Peninsula, which was the site of the arrival of the first European colonists to North America, in 1497.

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is the mostly remote and sparsely settled mainland portion of Newfoundland and . Named for 15th-century Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, it's “the big land”: vast wilderness areas with abundant wildlife, whales and icebergs, some of the highest peaks east of the Canadian Rockies, and — almost as an afterthought — some widely scattered pockets of human habitation.

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is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, running along the western edge of the island of Newfoundland.

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is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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is the part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador along the south coast. The Bay D'Espoir winds inland past small towns such as Saint Albans, Morrisville, Milltown, and Conne River.
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Newfoundland and Labrador

Latitude of center
53.8715° or 53° 52′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
-61.1279° or 61° 7′ 41″ west
Population
515,000
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
Abbreviation
“NL”
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6354959
Wiki­data ID
Q2003
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Newfoundland and Labrador” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Newfoundland en Labrador”
  • Albanian: “Newfoundland dhe Labradori”
  • Albanian: “Toka e Re dhe Labradori”
  • Amharic: “ኑፈንላንድና ላብረዶር”
  • Amharic: “ኒውፋውንድላንድ እና ላብራዶር”
  • Arabic: “نيو فوندلاند و لابرادور”
  • Arabic: “نيوفندلاند ولابرادور”
  • Armenian: “Նյուֆաունդլենդ և Լաբրադոր”
  • Asturian: “Terranova y Labrador”
  • Awadhi: “न्यूफ़ाउण्डलैण्ड औ लैब्राडोर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nyufaundlend və Labrador”
  • Balinese: “Newfoundland miwah Labrador”
  • Basque: “Ternua eta Labrador”
  • Belarusian: “Ньюфаўндленд і Лабрадор”
  • Belarusian: “Ньюфаўндлэнд і Лябрадор”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Ньюфаўндленд і Лабрадор”
  • Bengali: “নিউফাউন্ডল্যান্ড এবং ল্যাব্রেডর”
  • Bengali: “নিউফাউন্ডল্যান্ড ও লাব্রাডর”
  • Betawi: “Niuponlan èn Labrador”
  • Bosnian: “Newfoundland i Labrador”
  • Breton: “Douar-Nevez ha Labrador”
  • Bulgarian: “Нюфаундленд и Лабрадор”
  • Burmese: “နယူးဖောင်လန် နှင့် လာဘရာဒေါ ပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Terranova i Labrador”
  • Cebuano: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیوفاندلەند و لابرادۆر”
  • Cherokee: “ᎢᏤ ᎤᏂᏩᏛᏓ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎴᏆᏙᎵ”
  • Chinese: “Newfoundland kap Labrador”
  • Chinese: “新发地与拉布拉多”
  • Chinese: “新發地與拉布拉多”
  • Chinese: “紐芬蘭-拉布拉多”
  • Chinese: “紐芬蘭-拉布拉多省”
  • Chinese: “紐芬蘭與拉布拉多”
  • Chinese: “紐芬蘭與拉布拉多省”
  • Chinese: “纽芬兰-拉布拉多省”
  • Chinese: “纽芬兰与拉布拉多省”
  • Chinese: “纽芬兰和拉布拉多省”
  • Choctaw: “Nufauntlent micha Lablatol”
  • Cornish: “Tir Nowydh ha Labrador”
  • Corsican: “Terranova è Labrador”
  • Croatian: “Newfoundland i Labrador”
  • Czech: “Newfoundland a Labrador”
  • Danish: “Newfoundland og Labrador”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Newfoundland u Labrador”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Newfoundland û Labrador”
  • Dutch: “Newfoundland en Labrador”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيوفاوندلاند و لابرادور”
  • Esperanto: “NL”
  • Esperanto: “Novlando kaj Labradoro”
  • Esperanto: “Novlando-Labradoro”
  • Estonian: “Newfoundland ja Labrador”
  • Faroese: “Nýfundland og Labrador”
  • Finnish: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Finnish: “Newfoundland ja Labrador”
  • French: “Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador”
  • Galician: “Terra Nova e Labrador”
  • Georgian: “ნიუფაუნდლენდი და ლაბრადორი”
  • German: “Neufundland und Labrador”
  • German: “Neufundland”
  • Greek: “Νέα Γη και Λαμπραντόρ”
  • Gujarati: “ન્યુફાઉન્ડલેન્ડ એન્ડ લેબ્રાડોર”
  • Haitian: “Tènèv ak Labradò”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Newfoundland lâu Labrador-sén”
  • Hausa: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Hebrew: “ניופאונדלנד ולברדור”
  • Hindi: “न्यूफ़नलैण्ड और लैब्राडोर”
  • Hindi: “न्यूफाउंडलैंड और लैब्राडोर”
  • Hungarian: “Új-Fundland és Labrador”
  • Hungarian: “Újfundland és Labrador”
  • Icelandic: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Icelandic: “Nýfundnaland og Labrador”
  • Ido: “Newfoundland e Labrador”
  • Indonesian: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Indonesian: “Newfoundland dan Labrador”
  • Interlingue: “Nov-Fundland e Labrador”
  • Inuktitut: “ᓂᐅᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓛᐸᑐᐊ”
  • Irish: “Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar”
  • Italian: “Terranova e Labrador”
  • Japanese: “ニューファンドランド・ラブラドール州”
  • Javanese: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Kalaallisut: “Newfoundland aamma Labrador”
  • Kannada: “ನ್ಯೂಫೌಂಡ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ರಡಾರ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ньюфаундленд эм Лабрадор”
  • Kazakh: “Ньюфаундленд және Лабрадор”
  • Kirghiz: “Ньюфаундленд жана Лабрадор”
  • Korean: “NL”
  • Korean: “뉴펀들랜드 래보라도”
  • Korean: “뉴펀들랜드 래브라도”
  • Korean: “뉴펀들랜드 래브라도주”
  • Korean: “뉴펀들랜드”
  • Kurdish: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Kurdish: “Newfoundland û Labrador”
  • Kurdish: “Nîwfawindland û labrador”
  • Ladino: “Newfoundland i Labrador”
  • Latin: “Terra Nova et Estotilandia”
  • Latin: “Terra Nova et Terra Laboratoria”
  • Latvian: “Ņūfaundlenda un Labradora”
  • Ligurian: “Tæraneuva e Labrador”
  • Limburgan: “Newfoundland en Labrador”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Teranova e Labrador”
  • Literary Chinese: “紐芬蘭及拉布拉多”
  • Lithuanian: “Niufaundlandas ir Labradoras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Neifundland a Labrador”
  • Macedonian: “Њуфаундленд и Лабрадор”
  • Malagasy: “Newfoundland sy Labrador”
  • Malagasy: “NL”
  • Malay: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Malay: “Newfoundland dan Labrador”
  • Malayalam: “ന്യൂഫൗണ്ടൻലാൻഡ് ആന്റ് ലാബ്രഡോർ”
  • Maltese: “Newfoundland u Labrador”
  • Manx: “Thalloo yn Eeast as Labrador”
  • Marathi: “न्यू फाउंडलंड आणि लाब्राडोर”
  • Marathi: “न्यूफाउंडलंड आणि लाब्राडोर”
  • Mazanderani: “نیوفاندلند و لابرادور”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Newfoundland gâe̤ng Labrador”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Newfoundland kap Labrador”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Newfoundland-kap-Labrador”
  • Minangkabau: “Newfoundland jo Labrador”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიუფაუნდლენდი დო ლაბრადორი”
  • Mongolian: “Ньюфаундленд ба Лабрадор”
  • Northern Frisian: “Neufundland an Labrador”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Newfoundland og Labrador”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Newfoundland og Labrador”
  • Norwegian: “Newfoundland og Labrador”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tèrranòva e Labrador”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tèrranuòva e Labrador”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܝܘܦܐܘܢܕܠܢܕ ܘܠܐܒܪܐܕܘܪ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Niwgefundenland and Labrador”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Nīwgefundenland and Labrador”
  • Oromo: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Ossetian: “Ньюфаундленд æмæ Лабрадор”
  • Pampanga: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Pampanga: “Terranova at Labrador”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊਫ਼ੰਡਲੈਂਡ ਅਤੇ ਲਾਬਰਾਡੋਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊਫਾਉਂਡਲੈਂਡ ਅਤੇ ਲਾਬਰਾਡੋਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊਫ਼ਿਨਲੈਂਡ ਅਤੇ ਲਾਬਰਾਡੋਰ”
  • Persian: “نیوفاندلند و لابرادور”
  • Piemontese: “Teraneuva e Labrador”
  • Polish: “Nowa Fundlandia i Labrador”
  • Portuguese: “N.L.”
  • Portuguese: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Portuguese: “NFLD”
  • Portuguese: “NL”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Terra Nova e Labrador”
  • Portuguese: “Terra Nova e Labrador”
  • Pushto: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Quechua: “Newfoundland wan Labrador pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Newfoundland și Labrador”
  • Romanian: “NFLD”
  • Romanian: “NL”
  • Romanian: “Terranova şi Labrador”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ньюфаундленд ба Лабрадор”
  • Russian: “Ньюфаундленд и Лабрадор”
  • Rusyn: “Нюфаундленд и Лабрадор”
  • Samogitian: “Niufanlends ė Labradors”
  • Sardinian: “Terranoa e Labrador”
  • Sardinian: “Terranova e Labrador”
  • Scots: “Newfoondland an Labrador”
  • Scots: “Newfoundland an Labrador”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Talamh Ùr agus Labrador”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Talamh Ùr is Labrador”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Talamh an Éisg agus Labrador”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Talamh an Èisg agus Labrador”
  • Serbian: “NL”
  • Serbian: “ЊЛ”
  • Serbian: “Њуфаундленд и Лабрадор”
  • Serbian: “Њуфаундленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Newfoundland i Labrador”
  • Sindhi: “نيوفائونڊلينڊ ۽ ليبراڊور”
  • Sinhala: “නිව් ෆවුන්ඩ්ලන්ඩ් සහ ලබ්‍රඩොර්”
  • Sinhala: “නිව්ෆවුන්ඩ්ලන්ඩ් සහ ලැබ්‍රඩෝ, කැනඩාව”
  • Slovak: “Newfoundland a Labrador”
  • Slovenian: “NL”
  • Slovenian: “Nova Fundlandija in Labrador”
  • Somali: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیوفاندلند و لابرادور”
  • Spanish: “New Foundland - Labrador”
  • Spanish: “NL”
  • Spanish: “Terranova y Labrador (Canadá)”
  • Spanish: “Terranova y Labrador”
  • Spanish: “Terranova”
  • Swahili: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Swedish: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Swedish: “Newfoundland och Labrador”
  • Tagalog: “Newfoundland at Labrador”
  • Tajik: “Nyufaundland va Labrador”
  • Tamil: “நியூஃபவுன்லாந்து மற்றும் லாப்ரடோர்”
  • Tamil: “நியூபியன்ட்லண்ட் அண்ட் லாப்ரடார்”
  • Tatar: “Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Tatar: “Ньюфаундленд һәм Лабрадор”
  • Telugu: “న్యూఫౌండ్ ల్యాండ్ మరియు లాబ్రాడార్”
  • Thai: “รัฐนิวฟันด์แลนด์และแลบราดอร์”
  • Turkish: “Newfoundland ve Labrador”
  • Uighur: “Néwfundland Ölkisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньюфаундленд і Лабрадор”
  • Urdu: “نیو فاؤنڈ لینڈ اور لیبراڈور”
  • Uzbek: “Nyufaundlend va Labrador”
  • Venetian: “Teranóva e Łabrador”
  • Vietnamese: “Newfoundland và Labrador”
  • Volapük: “Newfoundland e Labrador”
  • Volapük: “Nula-Faunlän ä Labradorän”
  • Võro: “Newfoundland ja Labrador”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Newfoundland ngan Labrador”
  • Welsh: “Newfoundland a Labrador”
  • Welsh: “y Tir Newydd a Labrador”
  • Welsh: “y Tir Newydd a Labradôr”
  • Western Armenian: “Նիւֆաունտլենտ եւ Լապրատոր”
  • Western Frisian: “Nijfûnlân en Labrador”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیو فاؤنڈ لینڈ تے لیبراڈور”
  • Wu Chinese: “纽芬兰搭拉布拉多省”
  • Yakut: “Ньюфаундленд уонна Лабрадор”
  • Yiddish: “נייפונדלאנד און לאבראדאר”
  • Yoruba: “Newfoundland àti Labrador”
  • Yue Chinese: “紐芬蘭與拉布拉多”
  • “Newfoundland ja Labrador”
  • “Niufaundlands ė Labraduors”
  • “Tèranóva e Làbrador”

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