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Ųųg Han  (Gwichʼin)
Chu Nìikwän  (Southern Tutchone)
Coordinates: 63°00′00″N 135°00′00″W / 63.00000°N 135.00000°W / 63.00000; -135.00000Coordinates: 63°00′00″N 135°00′00″W / 63.00000°N 135.00000°W / 63.00000; -135.00000
CountryCanada
ConfederationJune 13, 1898 (9th)
CapitalWhitehorse
Largest cityWhitehorse
Largest metroWhitehorse
Government
 • CommissionerAngélique Bernard
 • PremierSandy Silver (Liberal)
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
Federal representationParliament of Canada
House seats1 of 338 (0.3%)
Senate seats1 of 105 (1%)
Area
 • Total482,443 km2 (186,272 sq mi)
 • Land474,391 km2 (183,163 sq mi)
 • Water8,052 km2 (3,109 sq mi)  1.7%
 • RankRanked 9th
 4.8% of Canada
Population
 (2016)
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Population
 (2016)
 • TotalTemplate:Fix comma category
 • Estimate 
(2020 Q4)
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 • RankRanked 13th
 • Density0.08/km2 (0.2/sq mi)
GDP
 • Rank13th
 • Total (2017)C$3.089 billion
 • Per capitaC$75,141 (3rd)
HDI
 • HDI (2018)0.908Very high (5th)
Time zoneUTC−07:00
Postal abbr.
YT
Postal code prefix
ISO 3166 codeCA-YT
FlowerFireweed
TreeSubalpine fir
BirdCommon raven
Rankings include all provinces and territories

The Yukon is a territory of Canada, north of British Columbia, west of the Northwest Territories, and east of the American state of Alaska. Its population is 31,000. Most of the territory's people live in the capital of Whitehorse. Many of the people are native Canadians (First Nations).

The Yukon became a territory in 1898. It was part of the Northwest Territories from 1870 to 1898. Many people came to live in the Yukon during the Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s.

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