Calgary | |
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State | Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Capital | |
Population | 1267344 |
Calgary ( (listen)) is a city in the western Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly 299 km (186 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately 240 km (150 mi) north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.The city had a population of roughly 1,581,000 in the beginning of 2021, making it Alberta's most-populous city and the second most-populous in western Canada. In 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada and second-largest in western Canada (after Vancouver).
Abas/Ales | |
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State | Sardinia |
Country | Italy |
Capital | |
Population | 1628 |
Postcode | 09091 |
Ales (Sardinian pronunciation: Abas), is a small village in Oristano, on the island Sardinia in Italy's Mediterranean Sea. It is located on Mount Arci's eastern slopes. This is the only source of obsidian in Sardinia.
Ales, together with Terralba form the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales–Terralba.