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Oromocto
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oromocto
- Settlement.native_name
- Welamukotuk (Great River)
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Logo
- Settlement.nickname
- Canada's Model town
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.motto
- "Effort Brings Success"
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Still_Waters_Run_Deep._(8103767811).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Oromocto River in 2012
- Settlement.image_flag
- Oromotco NB flag.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Oromocto NB coat of arms.jpg
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Oromocto, NB logo.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- New Brunswick
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- New Brunswick
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sunbury County
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{{Infobox settlement | name = Oromocto | other_name = | native_name = Welamukotuk (Great River) | blank_emblem_type = Logo | nickname = Canada's Model town | settlement_type = Town | motto = "Effort Brings Success" | image_skyline = Still_Waters_Run_Deep._(8103767811).jpg | image_caption = The Oromocto River in 2012 | image_flag = Oromotco NB flag.png | image_shield = Oromocto NB coat of arms.jpg | image_blank_emblem = Oromocto, NB logo.png | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = New Brunswick | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = New Brunswick | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Sunbury County | subdivision_type3 = Parish | subdivision_name3 = Burton Parish | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | seat_type = Electoral districts Federal | seat = Fredericton—Oromocto | parts_type = Provincial | parts = Oromocto | government_footnotes = | government_type = Town council | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Robert Powell | leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor | leader_name1 = Jeff Kirkbride | leader_title2 = Councillors | leader_name2 = Lorraine Dawe, Jeff Kirkbride, Sheridan Mawhinney, Kelly Murdock, Alex Zaporzan | established_title = Founded | established_date = March 16, 1943 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1956 | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_land_km2 = 22.36 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 9,045 | population_density_km2 = 404.5 | population_blank1_title = Change (2016–21) | population_blank1 = 1.9% | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 3,897 | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = AST | utc_offset = −4 | timezone_DST = ADT | utc_offset_DST = −3 | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use
It is the administrative headquarters of the Oromocto First Nation band government and the site of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, which dominates its economy and modern history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oromocto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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