Vancouver

Vancouver () 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.

  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

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.

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Category:Populatit coastal places in Canadae
Category:Host ceeties o the Winter Olympic Gemmes
Category:Host ceeties o the Commonweel Gemmes
Category:Port settlements in Canadae
Category:Populatit places established in 1867
Category:Populatit places on the Fraser River