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Victoria

Also known as Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Victoria BC, Victoria, Canada, Victoria, B.C., UN/LOCODE:CAVIC, Victoria (British Columbia), Victoria Canada

capital city of the province of British Columbia, Canada

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Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, a province on Canada's west coast. It serves as the seat of the provincial government and is an important administrative and cultural center for the region.

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Demonym: Victorian
Population: 80032
Area: 19470000
Elevation: 23
Official website: www.victoria.ca
Image: Victoria Montage 2020.jpg
Dialing code: 604

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P12749: January 9
Commons gallery: Victoria, British Columbia
Commons category: Victoria, British Columbia
inception: 1862-00-00
postal code: V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E
P8168: Corinna Cortes
official map URL: maps.victoria.ca/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=VicMap
number of viewers/listeners: 806420

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Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,410/sq mi).

Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city, Vancouver, on the mainland. The city is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Seattle, Washington, United States, by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and 25 miles (40 km) from Port Angeles, Washington, United States, by the ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.