Ottawa
Ottawa is the caipital o Canadae, a municipality an the seicont mucklest ceety athin the province o Ontario. Locatit in the Ottawa Valley, the fowert mucklest ceety in Canadae is the poleetical caipital o the kintra an aw. The ceety lies in the eastren pairt o Soothren Ontario, the ceety lies on the Ottawa River, a major watterwey formin the mairch atween the provinces o Ontario an Quebec.
Ottawa | |
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Ceety (single-tier) | |
Ceety o Ottawa Ville d'Ottawa | |
![]() Centre Block on Pairlament Hill, the Naitional War Memorial in dountoun Ottawa, the Naitional Gallery o Canadae, an the Rideau Canal an Château Laurier. | |
Eik-name(s): Bytown | |
Motto(s): "Advance-Ottawa-En Avant" Written in the twa offeecial leids.[1] | |
![]() Location o Ottawa in the Province o Ontario | |
Coordinates: 45°25′15″N 75°41′24″W / 45.42083°N 75.69000°W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Naitional Caipital Region |
Established | 1826 as Bytown[2] |
Incorporatit | 1855 as Ceety o Ottawa[2] |
Amalgamatit | 1 Januar 2001 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Jim Watson |
• Ceety Cooncil | Ottawa Ceety Cooncil |
• MPs | Leet o MPs |
• MPPs | List of MPPs |
Area | |
• Ceety (single-tier) | 2778.13 km2 (1072.9 sq mi) |
• Urban | 501.92 km2 (193.79 sq mi) |
• Metro | 5,716.00 km2 (2,206.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety (single-tier) | 883,391 (4t) |
• Density | 316.6/km2 (820/sq mi) |
• Urban | 933,596 |
• Urban density | 1,860.1/km2 (4,818/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,236,324 (4t) |
• Metro density | 196.6/km2 (509/sq mi) |
• Demonym[6][7] | Ottawan |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code span | K0A, K1A-K4C[1] |
Area code(s) | 613, 343 |
Website | www.ottawa.ca |
Connectit bi several brigs tae its neebour Quebec, the ceety o Gatineau on the northren shores o the Ottawa River, the twa ceeties an surroondin airts are designatit the Naitional Caipital Region (NCR). Tho govrened bi separate municipal govrenments, the federal lands athin the region are admeenistered bi the Naitional Caipital Commission (NCC), a federal croun corporation chairged wi the responsibeelity o plannin an managin the federal govrenment's interests in the NCR.
Ottawa diplomatic meesions an relations
At praisent, Ottawa is hame tae 130 embassies. A forder 49 kintras accredit thair embassies an meesions in the Unitit States tae Canadae.
Sister ceeties o Ottawa
Seoul, Sooth Korea (1997)
Beijing, Cheenae (1999)
Buenos Aires, Argentinae
Catania, Sicily, Italy (2003)
Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Tel Aviv, Israel (2011)
References
Freemit airtins
Travel guide tae Ottawa frae Wikivoyage
- Ceety o Ottawa's wabsteid
- Ottawa Tourism
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