The South Slave Region is one of five
administrative regions in the
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of seven communities with the regional office situated in
Fort Smith and a sub-office in
Hay River.
[South Slave Region]
/ref>[Some government departments, such as the Bureau of Statistics, exclude Fort Providence, Hay River Dene 1 and Kakisa and put them in the Deh Cho Region. However, Municipal and Community Affairs indicates they are part of the South Slave Region] With the exception of Enterprise and Hay River the communities are predominantly First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
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Communities
The South Slave Region includes the following communities:
References
External links
South Slave Region at Municipal and Community Affairs
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