Jasper
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municipality in Alberta, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Alberta
- Region
- Alberta's Rockies
- Incorporated improvement district
- August 31, 1995
- Specialized municipality
- July 20, 2001
- Mayor
- Richard Ireland
- Governing bodies
- Jasper Municipal Council and Parks Canada
- Mp
- See Yellowhead
- Mla
- See West Yellowhead
- Land
- 921.9 km (355.9 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,060 m (3,480 ft)
- Total
- 4,738
- Density
- 5.1/km (13/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Postal code span
- T0E
- Area codes
- +1-780 , +1-587
- Highways
- Highway 16 (TCH) ( Yellowhead Highway ) Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) Highway 93A (Hazel Avenue)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Alberta
- Population
- 4738
- Area
- 924.06
- Elevation
- 1060
- Shares border with
- Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
- Official website
- jasper-alberta.com
- Image
- Jasper, Alberta, Canada, ViewFromSummit RyanShepherd.JPG
Show 6 more facts
- postal code
- T0E
- located in protected area
- Jasper National Park
- twinned administrative body
- Hakone
- Commons category
- Jasper, Alberta
- topic's main category
- Category:Jasper, Alberta
- inception
- 1813-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jasper is a specialized municipality and townsite in western Alberta within the Canadian Rockies. The townsite is in the Athabasca River valley and is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jasper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.