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ALBERTA

Area: 661 185 sq. km

Population: 2 400 000

Distribution: 77% urban, 23% rural

Language spoken: 81% English, 2.1% French, 3.2% German, 2% Ukrainian

Entered Dominion of Canada: 1 September 1905

Capital City: Edmonton

Provincial motto: strong and free

Provincial flower: Wild rose

Provincial bird: Great horned owl

Principal products: Oil, natural gas, wheat

Employment:   Services - 59%,  Industry - 37 %,

Agriculture - 4 %

Notes: Edmonton hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1976. Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics.

There is more oil in the Fort Mc Murray oil sands than in all the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

Alberta consists of prairie, badlands, mountains, wetlands, and many types of forest land.

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