# Vancouver

| Vancouver |
| --- |
| Ceety |
| Vancouver |
| Clockwise frae top: Downtown Vancouver as seen frae the soothren shore o False Creek, The University Endowment Lands, Lions Gate Bridge, a view frae Granville Street Bridge, Burrard Bridge, The Millennium Gate (Chinatown), an totem poles in Stanley Park |
| Eik-name(s): See airticle |
| Motto(s): "By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper" |
| Location o Vancouver athin Metro Vancouver in Breetish Columbie, Canada |
| VancouverLocation o Vancouver in Breetish Columbie |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra | Canadae |
| Province |  Breetish Columbie |
| Region | Lawer Mainland |
| Regional Destrict | Metro Vancouver |
| Incorporatit | 1886 |
| Named for | George Vancouver |
| Govrenment |
|  • Mayor | Gregor Robertson (Veesion Vancouver) |
|  • City Council | **Leet o Cooncillors**[show]
* Suzanne Anton (NPA)
* David Cadman (COPE)
* George Chow (Vision)
* Heather Deal (Vision)
* Kerry Jang (Vision)
* Raymond Louie (Vision)
* Geoff Meggs (Vision)
* Andrea Reimer (Vision)
* Tim Stevenson (Vision)
* Ellen Woodsworth (COPE)
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|  • MPs (Fed.) | **Leet o MPs**[show]
* Don Davies (New Democrat)
* Libby Davies (New Democrat)
* Hedy Fry (Liberal)
* Joyce Murray (Liberal)
* Wai Young (Conservative)
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|  • MLAs (Prov.) | **Leet o MLAs**[show]
* Spencer Chandra Herbert (NDP)
* Christy Clark (BC Lib)
* Adrian Dix (NDP)
* Mable Elmore (NDP)
* Colin Hansen (BC Lib)
* Kash Heed (BC Lib)
* Jenny Kwan (NDP)
* Margaret MacDiarmid (BC Lib)
* Mary McNeil (BC Lib)
* Shane Simpson (NDP)
* Moira Stilwell (BC Lib)
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| Area |
|  • Ceety | 114.97 km2 (44.39 sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 2878.52 km2 (1,111.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0-152 m (0-501 ft) |
| Population (2011 Census) |
|  • Ceety | 603,502 (8t) |
|  • Density | 5249/km2 (13,590/sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 2,313,328 (3rd) |
|  • Demonym | Vancouverite |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| Postal code span | V5K to V6Z |
| Area code(s) | 604, 778 |
| NTS Map | 092G03 |
| GNBC Code | JBRIK |
| Website | City of Vancouver |

**Vancouver** (pronounced /væn.ˈkuːvər/*(deprecatit template)*) is a coastal ceety locatit in the Lawer Mainland o Breetish Columbie, Canadae. It is named for Breetish Caiptain George Vancouver, who explored the aurie in the 1790s. The name *Vancouver* itself originates frae the Dutch "van Coevorden", denotin somebody frae Coevorden, a ceety in the Netherlands.

## Sister ceeties

The Ceety o Vancouver wis ane o the first ceeties in Canadae tae enter intae an internaitional sister ceeties arrangement. Special arrangements for cultural, social an economic benefits hae been creatit wi these sister ceeties.

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| * Odessa, Ukraine (1944)
* Quito, Ecuador (1956)
* Yokohama, Japan (1965)
* Edinburgh, Unitit Kinrick (1978)
* Guangzhou, Cheenae (1985)
 |   | * Los Angeles, United States (1986)
* Latacunga, Ecuador (2005)
* Seoul, Sooth Korea (2007)
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010)
* Dalian, Cheenae
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There are 21 municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional Destrict (GVRD). While each o these haes a separate municipal govrenment, the GVRD owersees common services athin the metropolitan aurie such as water, sewage, transportation, an regional pairks.