Waskatenau
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Waskatenau ( ) is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is surrounded by Smoky Lake County, approximately northeast of Edmonton. Waskatenau is a Cree word meaning "opening in the bank" in reference to the clef in the nearby ridge through which the Waskatenau Creek flows. It is pronounced WAS-ET-NA, with a silent "k."
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Waskatenau
- Settlement.official_name
- Village of Waskatenau
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- Village
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- Alberta
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- Location of Waskatenau
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- Country
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- Canada
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alberta
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- Region
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- Central Alberta
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- Census Division
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- 12
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- Municipal district
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- Smoky Lake County
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- Mayor
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- Brian Zatorski
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- Governing body
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Alberta
- Population
- 247
- Area
- 0.60
- Elevation
- 362
- Official website
- www.waskatenau.ca
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- Waskatenau
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Waskatenau ( ) is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is surrounded by Smoky Lake County, approximately northeast of Edmonton. Waskatenau is a Cree word meaning "opening in the bank" in reference to the clef in the nearby ridge through which the Waskatenau Creek flows. It is pronounced WAS-ET-NA, with a silent "k."
== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Waskatenau had a population of 247 living in 118 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 186. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waskatenau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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