Prince George
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city in British Columbia, Canada
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 1,354 inbound references to Prince George, and connects out to Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, Canada 2021 Census and Canada 2011 Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BC, across 4 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities in British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company trading posts and Populated places established in 1807.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- Fraser–Fort George
- Incorporated
- March 6, 1915
- Mayor
- Simon Yu
- Governing body
- Prince George City Council
- Mps
- Todd Doherty ( CPC ), Bob Zimmer (CPC)
- Mlas
- Rosalyn Bird ( BCC ), Sheldon Clare (BCC), Kiel Giddens (BCC)
- City
- 318.26 km (122.88 sq mi)
- Urban
- 73.9 km (28.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 575 m (1,886 ft)
- Density
- 242.2/km (627/sq mi)
- Metro
- 89,490
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( Pacific Time )
- Forward sortation area
- V2K – V2N
- Area codes
- 250 , 778 , 236 , 672
- Website
- princegeorge .ca
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 74003
- Area
- 318.26
- Elevation
- 575
- Body of water
- Nechako River
- Shares border with
- Mackenzie
- Official website
- princegeorge.ca
- Image
- Prince George British Columbia 2011.JPG
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- Commons category
- Prince George, British Columbia
- topic's main category
- Category:Prince George, British Columbia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Prince George, British Columbia
- category for people born here
- Q26714943
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- different from
- Prince George
- twinned administrative body
- Maardu
- P12749
- Philinidae
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Encyclopedic overview
Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. The city itself has a population of 76,708; the metro census agglomeration has a population of 89,490. It is often called the province's "northern capital" because it serves as a centre for higher education, health care, government services, arts and entertainment, sports, and support for major industries such as forest products and mining.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prince George” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations