Vancouver
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| Vancouver | |
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| Motto: "By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper" | |
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  Vancouver
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| Coordinates: 49°15′N 123°6′W / 49.25°N 123.1°W | |
| Kintra | Canadae |
| Province |  Breetish Columbie |
| Region | Lawer Mainland |
| Regional Destrict | Metro Vancouver |
| Incorporatit | 1886 |
| Named for | George Vancouver |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Gregor Robertson (Veesion Vancouver) |
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| Aurie | |
| - Ceety | 114.97 km2 (44.4 sq mi) |
| - Metro | 2,878.52 km2 (1,111.4 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 0-152 m (0-501 ft) |
| Indwallers (2011 Census)[1] | |
| - Ceety | 603,502 (8t) |
| - Densitie | 5,249/km2 (13,594.8/sq mi) |
| - Metro | 2,313,328 (3rd) |
| - Demonym | Vancouverite |
| Time zone | PST (UTC−8) |
| - Simmer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| Postal code span | V5K to V6Z |
| Aurie code(s) | 604, 778 |
| NTS Map | 092G03 |
| GNBC Code | JBRIK |
| Wabsteid | City of Vancouver |
Vancouver (pronounced /væn.ˈkuːvər/) is a coastal ceety locatit in the Lawer Mainland o Breetish Columbie, Canadae. It is named for Breetish Caiptain George Vancouver, who explored the aurie in the 1790s. The name Vancouver itself originates frae the Dutch "van Coevorden", denotin somebody frae Coevorden, a ceety in the Netherlands.[2]
Sister ceeties [edit]
The Ceety o Vancouver wis ane o the first ceeties in Canadae tae enter intae an internaitional sister ceeties arrangement.[3] Special arrangements for cultural, social and economic benefits have been created with these sister cities.[4][5]
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There are 21 municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional Destrict (GVRD). While each o these haes a separate municipal govrenment, the GVRD owersees common services athin the metropolitan aurie such as water, sewage, transportation, an regional pairks.
References [edit]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSC2011 - ↑ Davis, Chuck. Coevorden. The History of Metropolitan Vancouver. Retrieved on 1 Dizember 2009. .
- ↑ Smith, Patrick J. and Kennedy Stewart (2003) (PDF). Beavers and Cats Revisited: Creatures and Tenants versus Municipal Charter(s) and Home Rule. Queen's University, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. http://www.queensu.ca/iigr/conf/Arch/03/03-2/Kennedy_and_Stewart.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedaboutvancouver - ↑ Vancouver Twinning Relationships (PDF). City of Vancouver. Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2009. .
- ↑ Eight Cities/Six Ports: Yokohama's Sister Cities/Sister Ports. Yokohama Convention & Visitiors Bureau. Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2009. .
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