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Calgary

Administration

Full name	Calgary
Official name	City of Calgary
Settlement type	City
Motto	Onward
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Calgary Region
Census division	6
Established	1875
Incorporated - Town	November 7, 1884
- City	January 1, 1894
Government
Mayor	Naheed Nenshi (Past mayors)
Governing body	Calgary City Council
Manager	Owen A. Tobert
MPs	List of MPs Diane Ablonczy Rob Anders Stephen Harper Jason Kenney Deepak Obhrai Michelle Rempel Lee Richardson Devinder Shory
MLAs	List of MLAs Cindy Ady Moe Amery Manmeet Bhullar Lindsay Blackett Neil Brown Wayne Cao Harry B. Chase Alana DeLong Jonathan Denis Kyle Fawcett Heather Forsyth Yvonne Fritz Kent Hehr Paul Hinman Arthur Johnston Darshan Kang Ron Liepert Alison Redford David Rodney David Swann Dave Taylor Len Webber Teresa Woo-Paw
Geography
Total Area	280.4 sq mi (726.50 km2)
Metro Area	1971.5 sq mi (5107.43 km2)
Elevation	3438.3 ft (1048 m)
Demography
Total Population	988,193 (3rd) (2006)
Density (pop.)	1360.2/km² (3522.9/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)	1,079,310 (5th)
Demonym	Calgarian
Other information
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code span	T1Y to T3R
Area code	403, 587

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Calgary c-eniconˈkælɡ(ə)ri is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately 80 km (49.7 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city is located in the Grassland region of Alberta.

In 2006, the City of Calgary had a population of 988,193 making it the third-largest municipality in the country and largest in Alberta. The entire metropolitan area had a 2006 population of 1,079,310, making it the fifth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. In 2009, Calgary's metropolitan population was estimated at 1,230,248, raising its rank to fourth-largest CMA in Canada.

Located 294 km (182.7 mi) south of Edmonton, Statistics Canada defines the narrowly populated area between these cities as the "Calgary � Edmonton Corridor."

Economic activity in Calgary is mostly centred on the petroleum industry, agriculture, and tourism. In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games.

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