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Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) | |||||
Official languages | English (see below) | ||||
Flower | Wild rose | ||||
Tree | Lodgepole Pine | ||||
Bird | Great Horned Owl | ||||
Capital | Edmonton | ||||
Largest city | Calgary | ||||
Lieutenant-Governor | Norman Kwong | ||||
Premier | Ralph Klein; Ed Stelmach (Designate) (PC) |
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Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats |
28 6 |
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Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) |
Ranked 6th 661,848 km² 642,317 km² 19,531 km² (2.95%) |
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Population - Total (2006) - Density |
Ranked 4th 3,375,763 4.63/km² |
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GDP (2005) - Total - Per capita |
$215.858 billion (3rd) $66,279 (2nd) |
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Confederation | September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th (province)) |
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Time zone | UTC-7 | ||||
Abbreviations - Postal - ISO 3166-2 - Postal Code Prefix |
AB CA-AB T |
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Website | www.gov.ab.ca | ||||
All rankings include the territories |
Canada Province
Alberta Township system
Alberta Township system[1]
Festivals in Alberta
Contents |
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[edit] References
- ^ Alberta Sustainable Resource Development - Understanding the Alberta Township System
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First Nations names - dictionary | |||||
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Common Name | Origin | Call themselves | Meaning | Other names | Related Nations |
Beaver | animal | Dunneza | (nat-mean) | Tasttine | Athabasca |
Chipewyan | From Algonquian pointed skin, for the fashion of their clothes | - | - | (large-nat) | |
Stoney | ability to cook on heated rocks | Nakoda | people | part of Sioux | |
Chippewa | English corruption of Ojibwa | Ojibwe | From Ojiibwabwe meaning [Those who] cook until it puckers |   | includes Anishinaabe, Saulteaux |
Blackfoot | English translation of Sihasapa | Sihasapa | Blackfoot people | part of Sioux, includes North Peigan, South Peigan, Kainai, Siksika | |
Blood | (en-mean) | Kainai | Many Chiefs, from Aka - "many" and Nina - "chief" | Kainah, Kainawa | part of Blackfoot |
(en-name) | (en-mean) | (nat-name) | (nat-mean) | (large-nat) | |
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