Dettah

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Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah)
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Dettah
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	North Slave Region
Constituency	Weledeh
Census division	Region 6
Government
• Chief	Edward Sangris & Ernest Betsina
• Chief Executive Officer	Michael Cheeks
• MLA	Bob Bromley
Area
• Land	1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	210
• Density	157.2/km2 (407/sq mi)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
Canadian Postal code	X1A
Area code(s)	867
Telephone exchanges	444 445 446 669 765 766 873 920
Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement

Dettah or Detah is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just outside the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) drive from that town by ice road in winter or a 27 km (17 mi) drive via the Ingraham Trail. The name means 'Burnt Point' in the Tli Cho language and refers to a traditional fishing camp used by the Dene for hundreds of years.

Demographics

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Dettah government building

According to the 2011 Census, Dettah had a population of 210 people a decrease of 15.0% from the 2006 Census, consisting almost entirely of First Nations. In 2012, the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 260 with an average yearly growth rate of 1.9% from 2001.

Both it and N'Dilo are the communities of the Yellowknives. Dettah is represented by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) and are part of the Akaitcho Territory Government.

Further reading

• Northwest Territories, and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Impacts in the Communities of Behchoko, Gameti, Whati, Wekweeti, Detah, Ndilo, Lutsel K'e, and Yellowknife: 2005 Annual Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories Under the BHP Billiton, Diavik and De Beers Socio-Economic Agreements. [Yellowknife]: Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 2006.