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Calgary (IPA:
/ˈkælgəriː/) is
the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in
the south of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains,
approximately 80 kilometres
(50 mi) east of the front
ranges of the Canadian
Rockies. Calgary is the third largest civic municipality,
by population, in Canada. As of the 2007 civic census,
Calgary's population was 1,019,942. The metropolitan population
(CMA)
was 1,079,310 in 2006,[3]
making Greater Calgary
the fifth largest census
metropolitan area in the country. Because it is located
300 kilometres (185 mi) due south of Edmonton, statisticians
define the narrow populated region between these cities as the
"Calgary-Edmonton
Corridor".[4]
It is the largest Canadian metropolitan
area between Toronto and Vancouver.
A resident of Calgary is known as a Calgarian.
Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and
ecotourism with a
number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan
area. Economic activity in Calgary is mostly centred on the
petroleum
industry; however, agriculture, tourism, and high-tech
industries also contribute to the city's fast economic growth.
Calgary holds many major annual festivals which include the
Calgary
Stampede, the Folk Music Festival,
the Lilac
Festival, One Yellow
Rabbit High Performance Rodeo — Calgary's International
Festival of the Arts, Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers
Festival, One World Festival (GlobalFest), and
the second largest Caribbean festival in
the country (Carifest). In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian
city to host the Olympic
Winter Games, and one of the fastest ice skating rinks in the
world was built at the University of
Calgary to accommodate these games.
Despite the importance of the oil industry to its economic
success, Calgary was ranked the world's cleanest city by Mercer
Quality of Living in a survey published in 2007 by Forbes
magazine[5]
