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Also known as Québec

Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Capitale-Nationale
Settlement.settlement_type
Administrative region
Settlement.image_map
Capitale-Nationale in Quebec.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Québec
Settlement.parts_type
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
Settlement.parts_style
coll
Settlement.parts
6 RCM, 1 ET
Settlement.p1
Charlevoix
Settlement.p2
Charlevoix-Est
Settlement.p3
La Côte-de-Beaupré
Settlement.p4
L'Île-d'Orléans
Settlement.p5
La Jacques-Cartier
Settlement.p6
Portneuf
Settlement.p7
Agglomeration of Quebec City (ET)
Settlement.leader_party
President

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Administrative divisions
  • Regional county municipalities
  • Equivalent territory
  • Independent parish municipality
  • Native People's Reserve
  • Major communities
  • School Districts
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the 2021 Canadian census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total.

It was established in 1966 as one of the original administrative regions of Quebec. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capitale-Nationale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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