Kelowna

Kelowna (/ kəˈloʊnə/ ⓘ kə-LOH-nə) birni ne, da ke kan tafkin Okanagan a cikin kwarin Okanagan a cikin kudancin ƙasar British Columbia, Kanada. Yana aiki a matsayin babban ofishin gundumar Okanagan ta Tsakiya. Sunan Kelowna ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Okanagan kiʔláwnaʔ, yana nufin ƙaƙƙarfan bear.[Female grizzly bear" according to "Geographical Names of British Columbia". Nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013. "Male grizzly bear" according to Mattina, Anthony (1987). Colville-Okanagan Dictionary. University of Montana.

Kelowna shine yanki na uku mafi girma a lardin (bayan Vancouver da Victoria). Ita ce gunduma ta bakwai mafi girma a cikin BC kuma mafi girma a cikin cikin gida.[10] Shi ne yanki na 20 mafi girma a cikin Kanada. Garin da ya dace ya ƙunshi 214 km2 (83 sq mi), da kuma yankin ƙidayar jama'a 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi)."City profile". City of Kelowna. 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2025. Yawan Kelowna a cikin 2025 shine 165,907 a cikin birni daidai."City profile". City of Kelowna. 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

Ƙungiyoyin da ke kusa sun haɗa da Birnin Yamma Kelowna (wanda ake kira Westbank da Westside) zuwa yamma, a fadin tafkin Okanagan; Lake Country da Vernon zuwa arewa; Peachland zuwa kudu maso yamma; da Summerland da Penticton zuwa kudu
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Ba a san ainihin lokacin da aka fara zama a kwarin Okanagan ba, amma hijirar arewa ta kai ga zama a wannan yanki kimanin shekaru 9,000 da suka wuce.  Ewonus; Paul Ewonus; James Baker (2004). "Chapter 8: Ancient Peoples of the Okanagan". In John D. Greenough, Murray A. Roed (ed.). Okanagan Geology. Kelowna Geology Committee. pp. 67–78. ISBN 0-9699795-2-5.'Yan asalin Syilx na asali sune farkon sanannun mazauna yankin da suke ci gaba da zama a yau.

A cikin 1811, David Stuart ya yi tafiya zuwa kwarin Okanagan, ya zama Bature na farko da ya yi haka.Surtees, Ursula. "A Pictorial History of Kelowna BC". Kelowna BC. Kelowna Centennial Museum. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021. Duk da haka, sai a shekara ta 1859 ne Uba Pandosy, ɗan mishan na Roman Katolika na Oblate, ya zama Bature na farko da ya zauna a wurin. Matsugunin Pandosy yana a l'Anse au Sable (Bay of Sand), wanda ya kira sunansa dangane da bakin tekun yashi. Ko da yake yawan jama'a ya kasance ƙanƙanta na sauran ƙarni na 19, 'ya'yan itacen abinci na rayuwa sun haɓaka a Kelowna a cikin 1870s, kuma zuwa 1890s, noma na kasuwanci ya kafu sosai.Ormsby, Margaret A. (1935). "Fruit Marketing in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia". Agricultural History. 9 (2): 80–97. ISSN 0002-1482. JSTOR 3739660. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.

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