Vancouver
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Summary
Vancouver is a big city[1]. Vancouver ranks in the top 6% of big city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,819 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metro Vancouver Regional District[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Fraser River[5], Burrard Inlet[6], English Bay[7]
- Head of government: Ken Sim[8]
- Continent: North America[9]
- Instance of: city in British Columbia[10], border city[11], municipal government[12]
- Official language: English[13]
- Shares border with: West Vancouver[14], Burnaby[15], University Endowment Lands[16], Richmond[17], North Vancouver[18]
- Founder: William Cornelius Van Horne[19]
- Named after: George Vancouver[20]
- Flag: flag of Vancouver[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Yokohama[22], Odesa[23], Edinburgh[24], Guangzhou[25], Los Angeles[26], Rio de Janeiro[27], Amsterdam[28], Cali[29], Arequipa[30], Dubai[31]
- Legislative body: Vancouver City Council[32]
- Has organizational division: Vancouver Civic Theatres[33]
- Postal code: V5K[34], V5L[35], V5M[36], V5N[37], V5P[38], V5R[39], V5S[40], V5T[41], V5V[42], V5W[43], V5X[44], V5Y[45], V5Z[46], V6A[47]
- Commons category: Vancouver[48]
- Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[49], Pacific Time Zone[50]
- Local dialing code: 604[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Vancouver include Vancouver International Airport[52], an international airport[53], in Canada[54]; Vancouverism[55]; Hotel Vancouver[56], a skyscraper[57], in Canada[58], founded in 1939[59]; Vancouver Aquarium[60], a public aquarium[61], in Canada[62], founded in 1956[63]; Vancouver Harbour Water Airport[64], a seaplane base[65], in Canada[66]; and Boundary Bay Airport[67], an airport[68], in Canada[69].
Why It Matters
Vancouver has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Vancouver is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]
Entities named for Vancouver include Vancouver International Airport[52], an international airport[53], in Canada[54]; Vancouverism[55]; Hotel Vancouver[56], a skyscraper[57], in Canada[58], founded in 1939[59]; Vancouver Aquarium[60], a public aquarium[61], in Canada[62], founded in 1956[63]; Vancouver Harbour Water Airport[64], a seaplane base[65], in Canada[66]; and Boundary Bay Airport[67], an airport[68], in Canada[69].