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1581:"Chapais 2"
438:Chibougamau
399:Chibougamau
347:418 and 581
168:Constituted
105: /
1904:Categories
1875:Puvirnituq
1833:Mistissini
1637:August 29,
1614:Statistics
1599:October 6,
1419:References
1334:living in
1302:Source 1:
1210:(≥ 0.2 cm)
1163:(≥ 0.2 mm)
1116:(≥ 0.2 mm)
248:Population
188:Government
1920:James Bay
1850:Chisasibi
1810:Waswanipi
1779:See also
1735: 10)
1433:"Chapais"
469:Geography
395:Route 113
320:UTC−04:00
299:UTC−05:00
294:Time zone
271:(2016–21)
177:Named for
1869:Kuujjuaq
1863:Inukjuak
1844:Wemindji
1815:Matagami
1109:(123.2)
1039:(26.93)
969:(39.19)
900:Average
895:(−45.9)
850:(−17.0)
840:(−45.0)
835:(−45.9)
765:(−11.6)
127:Province
1925:Jamésie
1880:Salluit
1820:Chapais
1768:Kativik
1761:Jamésie
1565:15 June
1338:of its
1322:In the
1203:117.15
1104:(23.0)
1099:(22.2)
1064:(11.6)
1059:(16.4)
1054:(14.6)
1049:(23.1)
1034:(0.20)
1029:(1.44)
1024:(2.79)
1019:(5.06)
1014:(3.94)
1009:(4.89)
1004:(3.94)
999:(2.97)
994:(1.13)
989:(0.35)
984:(0.09)
979:(0.13)
964:(2.50)
959:(3.67)
954:(3.70)
949:(5.11)
944:(3.94)
939:(4.89)
934:(3.94)
929:(3.24)
924:(2.23)
919:(1.98)
914:(1.55)
909:(2.44)
870:(28.0)
865:(30.9)
860:(21.9)
825:(23.2)
815:(16.7)
810:(31.1)
805:(41.4)
800:(49.1)
795:(50.9)
790:(46.8)
785:(36.0)
780:(21.7)
770:(−8.0)
755:(32.4)
745:(22.6)
740:(37.6)
735:(49.5)
730:(59.0)
725:(61.5)
720:(57.4)
715:(46.6)
710:(31.5)
705:(14.9)
695:(−1.8)
685:(41.7)
680:(15.3)
675:(28.6)
670:(44.1)
665:(57.6)
660:(68.9)
655:(72.0)
650:(68.0)
645:(57.0)
640:(41.4)
635:(26.1)
630:(13.5)
615:(95.0)
610:(51.8)
605:(64.0)
600:(75.9)
595:(84.2)
590:(91.9)
585:(95.0)
580:(94.1)
575:(88.7)
570:(82.4)
565:(60.8)
560:(48.2)
555:(47.3)
474:Climate
421:History
403:Jamésie
401:in the
383:Chapais
365:Website
354:Climate
334:G0W 1H0
160:Settled
118:Country
93:74°51′W
90:49°47′N
71:Chapais
28:Chapais
1733:Region
1667:census
1297:1,732
1250:94.17
1156:200.9
1094:(9.1)
1089:(0.5)
1084:(0.0)
1079:(0.0)
1074:(0.0)
1069:(2.7)
890:(−44)
885:(−22)
880:(8.1)
855:(3.0)
845:(−36)
775:(4.1)
750:(7.5)
700:(2.8)
625:(7.7)
506:Month
492:Koppen
484:Koppen
391:Quebec
221:Ungava
139:Region
132:Quebec
121:Canada
1344:1,499
1332:1,468
1247:18.5
1244:16.1
1238:0.47
1220:10.4
1217:12.9
1214:18.0
1194:14.5
1191:20.1
1188:17.1
1185:17.4
1182:16.3
1179:13.6
1167:0.55
1153:19.3
1150:19.9
1147:19.8
1144:20.2
1141:17.1
1138:17.4
1135:16.3
1132:14.8
1129:12.3
1126:12.1
1123:13.6
1120:18.1
1037:684.4
1017:128.6
1012:100.2
1007:124.3
1002:100.1
967:995.5
947:129.7
942:100.2
937:124.3
932:100.1
893:−43.3
878:−13.3
875:(21)
853:−16.1
848:−27.2
838:−42.8
833:−43.3
773:−15.5
768:−22.2
763:−24.2
748:−13.6
698:−16.2
693:−18.8
628:−10.3
623:−13.5
545:Year
397:near
322:(EDT)
256:1,468
1747:and
1665:2011
1661:2006
1657:2001
1653:1996
1639:2022
1601:2013
1567:2015
1285:113
1282:208
1279:233
1276:234
1273:202
1270:164
1267:170
1264:122
1241:7.4
1235:0.0
1232:0.0
1229:0.0
1226:2.5
1223:7.9
1200:1.3
1197:6.1
1176:6.7
1173:2.4
1170:1.1
1102:58.5
1097:56.5
1092:23.0
1062:29.5
1057:41.6
1052:37.0
1047:58.8
1027:36.7
1022:70.9
997:75.5
992:28.7
962:63.5
957:93.2
952:93.9
927:82.4
922:56.6
917:50.3
912:39.4
907:61.9
868:−2.2
863:−0.6
858:−5.6
823:−4.9
820:(0)
813:−8.5
808:−0.5
793:10.5
778:−5.7
743:−5.2
728:15.0
723:16.4
718:14.1
708:−0.3
703:−9.5
678:−9.3
673:−1.9
663:14.2
658:20.5
653:22.2
648:20.0
643:13.9
633:−3.3
613:35.0
608:11.0
603:17.8
598:24.4
593:29.0
588:33.3
583:35.0
578:34.5
573:31.5
568:28.0
563:16.0
542:Dec
539:Nov
536:Oct
533:Sep
530:Aug
527:Jul
524:Jun
521:May
518:Apr
515:Mar
512:Feb
509:Jan
374:.com
280:2.1%
227:Area
163:1929
155:None
36:City
1340:711
1336:648
1294:66
1291:46
1288:84
1261:90
1107:313
1087:1.2
1082:0.0
1077:0.0
1072:0.0
1067:6.9
1032:5.0
987:8.8
982:2.4
977:3.2
888:−42
883:−30
843:−38
818:−18
803:5.2
798:9.5
788:8.2
783:2.2
753:0.2
738:3.1
733:9.7
713:8.1
683:5.4
668:6.7
638:5.2
558:9.0
553:8.5
409:of
389:of
370:www
359:Dfc
313:DST
303:EST
288:711
151:RCM
1906::
1663:,
1659:,
1655:,
1629:.
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1583:.
1542:.
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1497:.
1482:^
1468:.
1451:^
1441:.
1435:.
873:−6
465:.
451:A
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