Prince Edward Island
| Prince Edward Island Île-du-Prince-Édouard (French) |
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| Motto: Laitin: Parva sub ingenti (The sma protectit bi the great) |
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| Caipital | Charlottetown | ||||
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| Lairgest ceety | Charlottetown | ||||
| Lairgest metro | Charlottetown | ||||
| Offeecial leids | Inglis (de facto) | ||||
| Demonym | Prince Edward Islander, Islander | ||||
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| Lieutenant Govrenor | Frank Lewis | ||||
| Premier | Robert Ghiz (Liberal) | ||||
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island | ||||
| Federal representation | In Canadian pairlament | ||||
| Hoose seats | 4 o 308 (1.3%) | ||||
| Senate seats | 4 o 105 (3.8%) | ||||
| Confederation | 1 Julie 1873 (8t) | ||||
| Aurie [1] | Ranked 13t | ||||
| Total | 5,660 km2 (2,190 sq mi) | ||||
| Laund | 5,660 km2 (2,190 sq mi) | ||||
| Watter (%) | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) (0%) | ||||
| Proportion o Canadae | 0.1% o 9,984,670 km2 | ||||
| Population | Ranked 10t | ||||
| Total (2011) | 140,204 [2] | ||||
| Densitie (2011) | 24.77 /km2 (64.2 /sq mi) | ||||
| GDP | Ranked 10t | ||||
| Total (2009) | C$4.75 billion[3] | ||||
| Per caipita | C$31,278 (13t) | ||||
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| Postal | PE | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CA-PE | ||||
| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| Postal code prefix | C | ||||
| Flouer | Pink Lady's Slipper | ||||
| Tree | Red Oak | ||||
| Bird | Blue Jay | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.gov.pe.ca | ||||
| Rankins include aw provinces an territories | |||||
Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.; French: Île-du-Prince-Édouard, pronounced: [il dy pʁɛ̃s edwaːʁ], Micmac: Epekwitk, Scots Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa) is a Canadian province consistin o an island o the same name, as well as ither islands. The maritime province is the smawest in the naition in baith land aurie an population. The island haes a few ither names: "Garden o the Guwf" referrin tae the pastoral scenery an lush agricultural lands throughoot the province; an "Birthplace o Confederation", referrin tae the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, although PEI did no join the confederation till 1873, when it became the seivent Canadian province.
Accordin tae the 2011 census, the province o Prince Edward Island haes 140,204 residents. It is locatit approximately 200 km north o Halifax, Nova Scotia an 600 km east o Quebec Ceety. It consists of the main island plus 231 minor islands.[4] Altogether, the entire province has a land area of 5,685.73 km2 (2,195.27 sq mi).[2]
The main island is 5,620 km2 (2,170 sq mi) in size,[4] an is the 104t-lairgest island in the warld, an Canadae's 23rd-lairgest island.
Etymology [edit]
The island wis namit for Prince Edward, Duke o Kent an Strathearn (1767–1820), the fowert son o Keeng George III an the faither o Queen Victoria.
References [edit]
- ↑ Land and freshwater area, by province and territory.. Statistics Canada (February 1, 2005). Retrieved on 5 August 2012. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2011 and 2006 censuses. Statcan.gc.ca (February 8, 2012). Retrieved on 8 Februar 2012. .
- ↑ Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory. 0.statcan.ca (November 4, 2010). Retrieved on 23 Februar 2011. .
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Natural Resources Canada (August 2009). The Atlas of Canada - Sea Islands. Retrieved on 5 August 2012. .
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