Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia
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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The administrative seat and main population centre is the city of Kamloops, which comprises almost 65 percent of the regional district's population. The only other city is Merritt; however, there are locally important communities such as the district municipality of Logan Lake, and the villages of Chase, Ashcroft, and Cache Creek. The region is named for the Thompson River. The region is known for its sports and outdoors.
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[edit] Geography and climate
- See also: Thompson River and Kamloops Lake
The southern portion of the region has a semi-desert climate with many nearly barren hillsides and often experiences the hottest summer conditions anywhere in Canada. Ranching and fruit growing at lower elevations takes up much of the land usage. The less populated northern section is mountainous and largely forested with deeper valleys, the Columbia Mountain range is in the north-east which has alpine glaciers below its summits. It receives more snowfall and rainfall than further south and has an all-around cooler climate but with dry summers. The total land area of the region is 44,476.73 km² (17,172.56 sq mi).
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- Ashcroft
- Blue River
- Barriere
- Cache Creek
- Chase
- Clearwater
- Clinton
- Kamloops
- Logan Lake
- Lytton
- Merritt
- Savona
[edit] Demographics
The population of the region was 119,222 as of the 2001 Census.
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Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |
