Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is the large and sparsely-populated region that dominates the map of Ontario but lies far away, both geographically and culturally, from the big cities of the south.
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Northern Ontario
- Type: region
- Description: primary region in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “le Nord de l’Ontario”, “New Ontario”, “Nordontario”, “Nouvel-Ontario”, “Ontario Północne”, “Ontario-Nord”, “Północne Ontario”, “オンタリオ州北部”, and “北安大略区”
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
50° north
Longitude of center
-86° or 86° west
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Northern Ontario” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北安大略”
- Chinese: “北安大略地区”
- Chinese: “北安大略地區”
- Esperanto: “Norda Ontario”
- French: “Nord de l’Ontario”
- Greek: “Βόρειο Οντάριο”
- Italian: “Ontario settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北オンタリオ地方”
- Persian: “انتاریوی شمالی”
- Polish: “Northern Ontario”
- Portuguese: “Ontário Setentrional”
- Russian: “Северное Онтарио”
- Serbian: “Северни Онтарио”
- Slovenian: “Severni Ontario”
- Spanish: “Norte de Ontario”
- Swedish: “Norra Ontario”
- Ukrainian: “Північне Онтаріо”
- Urdu: “ناردرن اونٹاریو”
- Venetian: “Ontàrio setentrionałe”
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