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Edmonton

Administration
Full nameEdmonton
Official nameCity of Edmonton
Settlement typeCity
MottoIndustry, Integrity, Progress
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionEdmonton Capital Region
Census division11
Established1795
Incorporated
- Town

January 9, 1892
- CityOctober 8, 1904
Government
MayorStephen Mandel
(List of former mayors)
Governing bodyEdmonton City Council
ManagerSimon Farbrother
MPsList of MPs
Rona Ambrose
Linda Duncan
Peter Goldring
Laurie Hawn
Michael Lake
James Rajotte
Tim Uppal
John G. Williams
MLAsList of MLAs
Carl Benito
Naresh Bhardwaj
Laurie Blakeman
Doug Elniski
David Hancock
Fred Horne
Heather Klimchuk
Thomas Lukaszuk
Hugh MacDonald
Brian Mason
Rachel Notley
Peter Sandhu
Janice Sarich
Raj Sherman
Kevin Taft
Tony Vandermeer
David Xiao
Gene Zwozdesky
Geography
Total Area264.2 sq mi (684.37 km2)
Metro Area3635.3 sq mi (9417.88 km2)
Elevation2191.6 ft (668 m)
Demography
Total Population730,372 (5th) (2006)
Density (pop.)1067.2/km2 (2764/sq mi)
Urban (pop.)862544
Metro (pop.)1,034,945 (6th)
Population rankEdmontonian
Other information
Time zoneMST (UTC−7)
- Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code spanT5A to T6Z
Area code780, 587
NTS Map083H11
GNBC CodeIACMP
GDP per capitaC$39,675 (est. 2010)
Average income per householdC$98,857 (est. 2010)

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Edmonton (c-eniconˈɛdməntən) is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.

The city and its census metropolitan area had populations of 730,372 and 1,034,945 as of the 2006 Census respectively, making it the northernmost North American city with a metropolitan population over one million. The city's 2009 civic census showed a population of 782,439, while Statistics Canada estimated its metropolitan population at 1,155,383 in 2009, making it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the nation. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian.

The majority of Edmonton's metropolitan population lives within the City of Edmonton rather than in the surrounding suburban municipalities. Historically Edmonton was surrounded by few other urban municipalities and many of the nearby settlements that did exist were absorbed through amalgamation or annexation. Edmonton annexed a significant amount of land up until the early 1980s, and as such it has sustained much of the region's suburban growth within the city.

Edmonton serves as the northern anchor of the Calgary � Edmonton Corridor and is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.

Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It plays host to a year-round slate of world-class festivals, earning it the title of "The Festival City." It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum. In 2004, Edmonton celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a city.


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