Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia

Okanagan-Similkameen is a Regional District in southern British Columbia, adjacent to the U.S. state of Washington. It is bounded by Fraser Valley Regional District to the west, Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Central Okanagan Regional District to the north, Kootenay Boundary Regional District to the east, and by Okanogan County, Washington to the south. As of the 2001 census the population was 76,635. The district covers a land area of 10,413.44 km² (4,020.65 sq mi). The administrative center is in the city of Penticton. Other important population centres include the district municipality of Summerland, the towns of Oliver, Osoyoos, and Princeton, and the village of Keremeos.

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	British Columbia
Regional Districts	Alberni-Clayoquot - Bulkley-Nechako - Capital - Cariboo - Central Coast - Central Kootenay - Central Okanagan - Columbia-Shuswap - Comox-Strathcona - Cowichan Valley - East Kootenay - Fraser Valley - Fraser-Fort George - Greater Vancouver - Kitimat-Stikine - Kootenay Boundary - Mount Waddington - Nanaimo - North Okanagan - Northern Rockies - Okanagan-Similkameen - Peace River - Powell River - Skeena-Queen Charlotte - Squamish-Lillooet - Stikine - Sunshine Coast - Thompson-Nicola
Communities over 100,000	Abbotsford - Burnaby - Coquitlam - Delta - Kelowna - Richmond - Saanich - Surrey - Vancouver
70,000-100,000	Chilliwack - Kamloops - Langley Township - Maple Ridge - Nanaimo - District of North Vancouver - Prince George - Victoria
Other major communities	Campbell River - Cranbrook - Fort St. John - Mission - New Westminster - City of North Vancouver - Penticton - Port Coquitlam - Port Moody - Vernon