Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland ( ), Canada ke Newfoundland and Labrador province ke ek barraa island hae. Ii North America ke eastern coast ke Labrador ilaaka me hae. Ii island me province ke 29 percent land area hae, lekin hian pe province ke 90% abaadi rahe hae, aur province ke 60% abaadi chhotaa southeastern Avalon peninsula me rahe hae. ii island Labrador Peninsula se Strait of Belle Isle se separated hae aur Cape Breton Island se Cabot Straitse. Saint Lawrence River ke muh ke block kare hae, jisse Gulf of Saint Lawrence bane hae, jon dunia ke sab se barraa estuary hae. Newfoundland's ke sab se nagiich ke parrosi French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon hae. Newfoundland island ke area 108,860 square kilometres (42,031 sq mi) hae, aur ii dunia ke 16th sab se barraa island hae aur Canada ke 4th sab se barraa island hae, aur North Canada ke chhorr ii Canada ke sab se barraa island hae. Provincial capital, St. John's, island ke southeastern coast me hae; Cape Spear, capital ke south me, easternmost point of North America hae, Greenland ke chhorr ke. Jaada kar ke sab parrosi island, jaise New World, Twillingate, Fogo and Bell Island ke Newfoundland ke hissa maana jaae hae. Newfoundland aur iske parosi island ke puura area 111,390 square kilometres (43,008 sq mi) hae. 2006 ke official Census Canada statistics ke anusaar, 57% of responding Newfoundland and Labradorians British nai to Irish ancestry ke hae, aur baaki 43.2% ke ek parent English hae, 21.5% ke at least ek Irish parent hae, aur 7% ke least ek parent of Scottish origin hae. Is ke alaawa, 6.1% claimed at least one parent of French ancestry. 2006 census ke anusaar island ke puura abaadi total 479,105 rahaa.