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Calgary

Calgary

Key facts

population1,306,784
aurie826km²
instance oceety, ceety wi hundreds o thoosands o indwallers
kintraCanadae
date o foondation or creationNovember 7, 1884
elevation abuin sea level1,045m

Calgary (pronounced  (deprecatit template)) is the lairgest ceety in the Province o Alberta, Canadae. It is locatit in the sooth o the province, in an aurie o fuithills an prairie, approximately 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges o the Canadian Rockies. The ceety is locatit in the Grassland region o Alberta.

Sister ceeties

The City of Calgary maintains trade development programs, cultural an educational pairtnerships in twinnin agreements wi sax ceeties:

Ceety Province/State Kintra Date
Quebec Ceety Quebec 1956
Jaipur Rajasthan 1973
Naucalpan Mexico State 1994
Daqing Heilongjiang 1995
Daejeon Chungnam 1996
Phoenix Arizona 1997

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