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Edmonton
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Edmonton i/ˈɛdməntən/ is the caipital o the Canadian province o Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River an is the centre o the Edmonton Caipital Region, which is surroondit bi Alberta's central region.
Edmonton | |
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Ceety | |
Ceety o Edmonton | |
![]() Frae tap left: Dountoun Edmonton, Fort Edmonton Pairk, Legislature Biggin, Law Coorts, Rexall Place, Heich Level Bridge, Muttart Conservatory | |
Eik-name(s): The Big E, The Chuck, The Ceety o Champions, Deadmonton, E-Toun, Edmonchuck, Festival Ceety, Redmonton, River Ceety | |
Motto(s): Industry, Integrity, Progress | |
Location of Edmonton in Alberta | |
Coordinates: 53°32′N 113°30′W | |
Kintra | Canadae |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Edmonton Caipital Region |
Census diveesion | 11 |
Established | 1795 |
Incorporatit [1] - Town | Januar 9, 1892 |
- Ceety | October 8, 1904 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Stephen Mandel
(Leet o umwhile mayors) |
• Govrenin body | Edmonton Ceety Cooncil |
• Manager | Simon Farbrother |
• MPs | Leet o MPs
|
• MLAs | Leet o MLAs
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Area (2011)[2] | |
• Ceety | 684.37 km2 (264.24 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9426.73 km2 (3,639.68 sq mi) |
Elevation | 671 m (2,201 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 812,201 (5t) |
• Density | 1186.8/km2 (3,074/sq mi) |
• Urban | 960,015 (5t) |
• Metro | 1,159,869 (6t) |
• Metro density | 123.0/km2 (319/sq mi) |
• Demonym | Edmontonian |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Postal code span | T5A tae T6Z |
Area code(s) | 780, 587 |
NTS Cairt | 083H11 |
GNBC Code | IACMP |
GDP per capita | C$39,675 (est. 2010)[4] |
Median income (all census families) | C$69,214 (2005) |
Average income per hoosehauld | C$98,857 (est. 2010) |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
The ceety haed a population o 812,201 in the 2011 Census, makin it Alberta's seicont-lairgest ceety an Canadae's fift-lairgest municipality. This population represents 70 percent o the tot 2011 population o 1,159,869[2] within the Edmonton census metropolitan aurie (CMA), Canadae's saxth-lairgest CMA bi population. Edmonton is the northrenmaist North American ceety wi a metropolitan population ower ane million. A resident o Edmonton is kent as an Edmontonian.[5]
Edmonton's historic grawth haes been facilitatit throu the absorption o five adjacent urban municipalities, includin Strathcona, North Edmonton, Wast Edmonton (Calder), Beverly an Jasper Place,[6] an a series o annexations o surroondin rural lands til 1982.[7] Edmonton serves as the northren anchor o the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor[8] an is a stagin pynt for lairge-scale ile sands projects occurrin in northren Alberta an lairge-scale diamond minin operations in the Northwast Territories.[9]
Edmonton is a cultural, governmental an eddicational centre. It hosts a year-roond slate o festivals, reflectit in the nickname "The Festival Ceety."[10] It is home tae North Americae's lairgest mall, Wast Edmonton Maw (the warld's lairgest maw frae 1981 til 2004),[11] an Fort Edmonton Park, Canadae's lairgest livin history museum.[12] In 2004, Edmonton celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a ceety.[13]