Winnipeg
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Clockwise from top: Downtown featuring the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Investors Group Field, Saint Boniface and the Esplanade Riel bridge, Wesley Hall at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba Legislative Building.
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| Nickname(s): "Gateway to the West", "Winterpeg", "The Peg" | |||||
| Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the Strength of Many) |
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| Coordinates: 49°53′58″N 97°08′21″W / 49.89944°N 97.13917°WCoordinates: 49°53′58″N 97°08′21″W / 49.89944°N 97.13917°W | |||||
| Country | Canada | ||||
| Province | Manitoba | ||||
| Region | Winnipeg Capital | ||||
| Established | 1738 (Fort Rouge) | ||||
| Renamed | 1822 (Fort Garry) | ||||
| Incorporated | 1873 (City of Winnipeg) | ||||
| Government | |||||
| • City mayor | Brian Bowman | ||||
| • Governing body | Winnipeg City Council | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Land | 464.08 km2 (179.18 sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 5,303.09 km2 (2,047.53 sq mi) | ||||
| Elevation | 239 m (784 ft) | ||||
| Population (2011 Census) | |||||
| • City | 663,617 (7th) | ||||
| • Density | 1,430/km2 (3,700/sq mi) | ||||
| • Urban | 671,551 (8th) | ||||
| • Urban density | 1,429/km2 (3,700/sq mi) | ||||
| • Metro | 730,018 (8th) | ||||
| • Metro density | 137.7/km2 (357/sq mi) | ||||
| Demonym(s) | Winnipegger | ||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||||
| Postal code span | R2C–R3Y | ||||
| Area code(s) | 204 and 431 | ||||
| Website | www |
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Winnipeg (
i/ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ/) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.
The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water. The region was a trading centre for aboriginal peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. As of 2011, Winnipeg is the seventh most populated municipality in Canada. Being located very far inland, the local climate is extremely seasonal even by Canadian standards with average January lows of around −21 °C (−6 °F) and average July highs of 26 °C (79 °F).
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