Victoria
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Summary
Victoria is a city in British Columbia[1]. Victoria ranks in the top 2% of city in british columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,112 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Capital Regional District[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Strait of Juan de Fuca[5]
- Head of government: Marianne Alto[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Official language: English[8]
- Shares border with: Saanich[9], Esquimalt[10], Oak Bay[11]
- Founder: Hudson's Bay Company[12]
- Named after: Victoria[13]
- Flag: flag of Victoria[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Suzhou[15], Morioka[16], Napier[17], Khabarovsk[18]
- Postal code: V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E[19]
- Commons category: Victoria, British Columbia[20]
- Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[21], UTC−08:00[22]
- Local dialing code: 250[23], 778[24], 236[25], 672[26]
- Inception: 1862[27], 1849[28]
- Located in/on physical feature: Vancouver Island[29]
- Official website: https://www.victoria.ca/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Victoria, British Columbia[31]
- Commons gallery: Victoria, British Columbia[32]
- Population: 91,867[33], 80,032[34]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], The New Student's Reference Work[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39]
- Capital of: British Columbia[40], Capital Regional District[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Victoria, British Columbia[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Victoria, British Columbia[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Victoria include Victoria International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Canada[46]; HMCS Victoria[47], a submarine[48], in United Kingdom[49]; and Victoria Inner Harbour Airport[50], an airport[51], in Canada[52].
Why It Matters
Victoria has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Victoria is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Victoria include Victoria International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Canada[46]; HMCS Victoria[47], a submarine[48], in United Kingdom[49]; and Victoria Inner Harbour Airport[50], an airport[51], in Canada[52].