Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island, northeastern Pacific Ocean ke ek island hae aur Canada ke province, British Columbia ke hissa hae. Ii island ke lambaai , chaurrai , aur puura area  hae, jab jamiin ke area  hae. Ii island Americas ke west coast ke sab se barraa area aur sab se jaada abaadi hae. 

Vancouver Island ke southern hissa aur  aur iske nagiich ke  Gulf Islands  British Columbia aur Western Canada ke uu hissa hae jon 49th parallel ke south me hae. Ii island ke southeast hissa me Canada ke sab se garam mausam hae, aur mid-1990s se etnaa garam rahaa ki hian pe  Mediterranean crops jaise olives aur lemons hoe lagaa hae.

2021 me Vancouver Island ke abaadi 864,864 rahaa. Lagbhag aadha abaadi (~400,000) Greater Victoria ke  metropolitan area me rahe hae, island ke southern tip me, jisme Victoria, the c British Columbia ke capital bhi hae.  Vancouver Island ke aur jaana-maana town aur city me hae Nanaimo, Campbell River, Courtenay,  Port Alberni aur Parksville, jon sab east coast ke lage hae.

Indigenous peoples  Vancouver Island me hajaaro saal se rahe hae, Spanish aur British naval expeditions ke late 18th century me aae se bahut din pahile. Spanish aur British saathe hoe ke iske naam Quadra's and Vancouver's Island rakhe rahin ii duuno des ke dosti ke  commemorate kar ke jab 1792 Spanish commander of Fort San Miguel, Nootka Sound me, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, aur British naval captain George Vancouver, during the Nootka Crisis ke biich me. (Bodega y Quadra's ke naam ke baad me drop kar dewa gais rahaa) Ii North America ke dher jagha hae jiske naam  George Vancouver, jon 1791 aur 1794 explored the Pacific Northwest, ke rakkha gais rahaa.

Vancouver Island, dunia ke 43rd sab se barraa island hae, Canada ke 11th sab se barraa island, aur Canada ke duusra sab se jaada abaadi waala island hae, Island of Montreal ke baad.

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