Thompson-Nicola Regional District

Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Regional district
A typical view in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Nickname(s): TNRD
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Government
• CAO	Sukh Gill
• Directors	District Board Peter Milobar Andy Anderson Bill Humphreys John Ranta Harry Danyluk John Harwood Roland Stanke John De Cicco Jim Harker John O'Fee Patricia Wallace Marlon Dosch Jessoa Lightfoot Susan Roline Al Raine Tim Pennell Max Lentz Sally Watson Barry Tait Ronaye Elliott John Taylor Randy Murray (Chair) Herb Graham Bonnie CruzelleMyram John Sternig
Area
• Total	45,279 km² (17,482 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	122,286
• Density	2.7/km² (7.0/sq mi)
Website	Thompson-Nicola Regional District

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2006 Census population was 122,286 and the area covers 45,279 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre of Kamloops, which accounts for 75 percent of the regional district's population. The only other city is Merritt; other municipally-incorporated communities include the District Municipalities of Logan Lake, Barriere and Clearwater and the Villages of Chase, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton and Lytton, and also the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks.

The region is named indirectly for the Thompson River by way of the traditional regional names of "the Thompson Country" and "the Nicola Country"; the Nicola Country was named for Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The regional district government operates over 115 services including libraries,^[1] solid waste management and recycling, emergency and development services, plus a film commission.^[2]

Municipalities

Municipality	Government Type	Population
Kamloops	city	85,678
Merritt	city	7,113
Chase	village	2,495
Clearwater	district municipality	2,331
Logan Lake	district municipality	2,037
Barriere	district municipality	1,773
Ashcroft	village	1,628
Cache Creek	village	1,040
Clinton	village	636
Sun Peaks	mountain resort municipality	371
Lytton	village	228

Unincorporated communities

Electoral Areas

Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country)
Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters)
Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau)
Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country)
Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country)
Electoral Area "L"
Electoral Area "M"
Electoral Area "N"
Electoral Area "O"
Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks)

Parks

The regional district contains more than 60 provincial parks. See List of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

References

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Subdivisions of British Columbia
Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts Health regions Counties (court system)
Communities	Municipalities Cities District municipalities Indian government districts Island municipalities Mountain resort municipalities Regional municipalities Resort municipalities Towns Villages Ghost towns Indian reserves
Metro areas and agglomerations	Abbotsford–Mission Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Census agglomerations
Regional districts	Alberni-Clayoquot Bulkley-Nechako Capital Cariboo Central Coast Central Kootenay Central Okanagan Columbia-Shuswap Comox Valley Cowichan Valley East Kootenay Fraser Valley Fraser-Fort George Kitimat-Stikine Kootenay Boundary Metro Vancouver Mount Waddington Nanaimo North Okanagan Northern Rockies Okanagan-Similkameen Peace River Powell River Stikine Region (non-RD) Skeena-Queen Charlotte Squamish-Lillooet Strathcona Sunshine Coast Thompson-Nicola
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Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 120°30′00″W / 51.00000°N 120.50000°W / 51.00000; -120.50000

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