Victoria, Breetish Columbie

Victoria (/[unsupported input]vɪkˈtɔːriə/) is the caipital ceety o Breetish Columbie, Canada an is locatit on the soothren tip o Vancouver Island aff Canadae's Pacific coast. The ceety haes a population o aboot 80,017 athin the metropolitan aurie o Greater Victoria, which haes a population o 344,615, the 15t maist populous Canadian metro region. Sometimes Victoria is cried "a bit o Auld England" acause o its bonnie gardens.

Victoria
Ceety
City of Victoria
Clockwise frae top left: The Inner Victoria Harbour, Statue o Queen Victoria, the Fisgard Lighthouse, Neo-Baroque airchitectur o the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The Empress Hotel, an The Christ Church Cathedral.
Motto(s):  Semper Liber (Laitin) (Translation: "Forever free")
Coordinates: 48°25′43″N 123°21′56″W
Kintra	Canadae
Province	Breetish Columbie
Regional Destrict	Caipital
Incorporatit	2 August 1862
Govrenment
• Mayor	Dean Fortin (past mayors)
• Govrenin body	Victoria City Council
• MP	Denise Savoie
• MLAs	Carole James, Rob Fleming, Maurine Karagianis
Area
• Ceety	19.47 km2 (7.52 sq mi)
• Metro	696.15 km2 (268.79 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Ceety	80,032 (67t)
• Density	4109.4/km2 (10,643/sq mi)
• Metro	344,630 (15t)
• Metro density	495/km2 (1,280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
Postal code span	V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E
Area code(s)	250 an 778
NTS Map	092B06
GNBC Code	JBOBQ
Website	Victoria.ca

Sister ceeties

Victoria haes five Sister ceeties:

• Khabarovsk, Roushie
• Napier, New Zealand
• Morioka, Japan
• Suzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
• Anacortes, Washington (US)