real estate edmonton alberta canada General Information
| Edmonton | |||
 View of Downtown Edmonton. | |||
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| Nickname: City of Champions, Festival City-Live all year, Gateway to the North, E-Town, River City, Oil Capital of Canada | |||
| Motto: Industry, Integrity, Progress | |||
 Location of Edmonton within census division number 11, Alberta, Canada. | |||
| Coordinates: 53°34′N 113°31′W / 53.567, -113.517 | |||
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| Country |  Canada | ||
| Province |  Alberta | ||
| Region | Edmonton Capital Region | ||
| Census division | 11 | ||
| Established | 1795 | ||
| Incorporated (town) | 1892 | ||
| Incorporated (city) | 1904 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Stephen Mandel | ||
| - Governing body | Edmonton City Council | ||
| - Manager | Al Maurer | ||
| - MPs | List of MPsRona Ambrose Ken Epp Peter Goldring Laurie Hawn Rahim Jaffer Michael Lake James Rajotte John G. Williams | ||
| - MLAs | List of MLAsBharat Agnihotri Dan Backs Bill Bonko Laurie Blakeman David Eggen Mo Elsalhy Dave Hancock Thomas Lukaszuk Hugh MacDonald Ray Martin Brian Mason Weslyn Mather Bruce Miller Rick Miller Raj Pannu Kevin Taft Maurice Tougas Gene Zwozdesky | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 684.37 km² (264.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 9,417.88 km² (3,636.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 668 m (2,192 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 730,372 | ||
| - Density | 1,067.2/km² (2,764/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,034,945 | ||
| - Metro Density | 109.9/km² (284.6/sq mi) | ||
| - Demonym | Edmontonian | ||
| - Metro rank | 6th | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) | ||
| Postal code span | T5A to T6Z | ||
| Area code(s) | 780 | ||
| NTS Map | 083H11 | ||
| GNBC Code | IACMP | ||
| Website: City of Edmonton | |||
Edmonton (IPA: /ˈɛdmɪnˌtɪn/) is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies. It is the second largest city in Alberta after Calgary, with a population of 730,372 (2006), and is the hub of Canada's sixth largest census metropolitan area, with a metropolitan population of 1,034,945 (2006), making it the northernmost North American city with a metropolitan population over one million.
At 684 square kilometres (264 sq mi), the City of Edmonton covers an area larger than Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto or Montreal. Edmonton has one of the lowest population densities in North America, about 9.4% that of New York City. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian.
Edmonton serves as the northern anchor of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (one of four regions that together comprise 50% of Canada's population) and is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.
Edmonton is Canada's second most populous provincial capital (after Toronto) and is a cultural, government and educational centre. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning it the title of "The Festival City". It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall, and Canada's largest historic park (Fort Edmonton Park). In 2004, Edmonton celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a city.