Area: 483 460 km2
Language: English, French
Population (2008): 33 442
Capital: Whitehorse
The largest city is Whitehorse.
Lieutenant Governor: Geraldine Van Bibber
Prime minister: Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party)
Climate: Most parts of Yukon has a subarctic climate, characterized by long cold winters and summers short and hot. The coast of the Arctic Ocean has a polar climate.
Economy: the Yukon economy based on mining, there is notably gold, which has created an effect of the gold rush in the 19th century.
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