Pictou County
| Pictou County | |
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 Location of the region in Nova Scotia
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| Country | Canada |
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Nova Scotia
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| Administrative headquarters | Pictou |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 62 ° 42 ′ W |
| Residents | 45,643 (as of 2011) |
| surface | 2,845.62 km² |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km² |
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC −4) Atlantic Daylight Time ( UTC −3, daylight saving time) |
| Web presence | www.county.pictou.ns.ca |
Pictou County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia . The county has 45,643 residents in an area of 2,845.62 km².
Pictou is derived from Piktook , which comes from the Mi'kmaq language and means something like exploding gas . From 1759 to 1835 the county was part of Halifax County . Indian reservations in the county include Fischer's Grant 24 Reservation and Merigomish Harbor 35 Reservation.
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