Municipality of the District of East Hants
District municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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East Hants, officially named the Municipality of the District of East Hants, is a district municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
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East Hants | |
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Municipality of the District of East Hants | |
Motto: Home of The World's Highest Recorded Tides | |
Coordinates: 45.05°N 63.75°W / 45.05; -63.75 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Hants |
Incorporated | April 14, 1879 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Kings—Hants |
Provincial | Hants East |
Government | |
• Type | East Hants Municipal Council |
• Municipal Seat | Elmsdale |
• Warden | Eleanor Roulston |
Area | |
• Land | 1,786.56 km2 (689.79 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 22,453 |
• Change 2011-16 | 1.5% |
• Census ranking | 185 of 4,870 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 902 |
Dwellings | 8,753 |
Median Income* | $56,591 CDN |
Website | Official website |
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With its administrative seat in Elmsdale, the district municipality occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants Regional Municipality. It was made in 1861 from the former townships of Uniacke, Rawdon, Douglas, Walton, Shubenacadie and Maitland. Its most settled area is in the Shubenacadie Valley.