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Richmond is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), the adjacent Sea Island (where the Vancouver International Airport is located) and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south. Across the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River, it neighbours Vancouver and Burnaby on the Burrard Peninsula to the north, New Westminster and Annacis Island to the east, Delta to the south, and the Strait of Georgia to the west.
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The indigenous Coast Salish peoples were the first people to inhabit the area of modern-day Richmond, with the Musqueam Band naming the site near Terra Nova "spələkʷəqs" or "boiling point". As of the 2021 Canadian census, East Asian Canadians make up a majority of Richmond's population at 57.1%. The broader Asian Canadian population, which includes Southeast Asian Canadians and South Asian Canadians, comprises 73.4% of the city's total population.
The city is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver. It is composed of sixteen areas: City Centre, Steveston, Broadmoor, Blundell, Seafair, Thompson, Shellmont, West Cambie, East Cambie, Hamilton, Bridgeport, East Richmond, Sea Island, Gilmore, Fraser Lands, and the South Arm Islands. As of 2023, the city has an estimated population of 229,781 people.
From the Wikipedia article Richmond, British Columbia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Articles with coordinates within 10 km, from English Wikipedia.
Towns around Richmond
- Brighouse-City Centre0.5 km SE
- Blundell2.2 km SW
- Broadmoor2.2 km S
- Seafair4.0 km SW
- Marpole4.9 km N
- Steveston5.8 km SW
- Sunset6.4 km NE
- Victoria-Fraserview7.3 km NE
Straight-line distance and compass bearing from the town centre.