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A012 Vancouver- British Columbia Canada
| Vancouver is
a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. The city is named
after Captain George Vancouver, an English explorer. The City of
Vancouver has a population of 587,891[1], while its metropolitan region,
the Greater Vancouver Regional District has a population of 2,180,737
(2006 estimate)[1]. Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area in
western Canada and the third largest in the country.[2] It has an
ethnically diverse population: more than half of its residents have a
first language other than English.[3] The city is growing rapidly, and
the metropolitan population is projected to reach 2.6 million by
2020.[4] A resident of Vancouver is called a "Vancouverite". Vancouver is located between the Strait of Georgia and the Coast Mountains. Its economy has traditionally relied on British Columbia's resource sectors: forestry, mining, fishing and agriculture. It was first settled in the 1860s as a result of immigration caused by the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, and developed rapidly from a small lumber mill town into a metropolitan centre following the arrival of the transcontinental railway in 1887. The Port of Vancouver became internationally significant after the completion of the Panama Canal, which reduced freight rates in the 1920s and made it viable to ship export-bound prairie grain west through Vancouver.[5] It has since become the busiest seaport in Canada, and exports more cargo than any other port in North America.[6] The economy of Vancouver has diversified over time, however. Vancouver has a growing tourism industry, for example, and has become the third-largest film production centre in North America, after Los Angeles and New York City, earning it the nickname Hollywood North. |
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