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City Of St. John's
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America (excluding Greenland). Paul O'Neill, ''The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland'', 2003, . Its name has been attributed to the belief that John Cabot sailed into the harbour on the Nativity of John the Baptist in 1497, although it is most likely a legend that came with British settlement. A more realistic possibility is that a fishing village with the same name existed without a permanent settlement for most of the 16th century. The city was founded by Spanish fishermen from the Guipúzcoa port of Pasajes de San Juan, who arrived in those lands at the beginning of the 16th century in search of fishing, settled and called the place San Juan de Pasajes, which is referred to as San Juan de Terranova in modern-day Spanish. Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3 cities, 270 towns, and 5 Inuit community governments, which cover only of the province's land mass but are home to of its population. The towns were created by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in accordance with the ''Municipalities Act, 1999'', whereas the three cities were each incorporated under their own provincial statutes. Inuit community governments were created in accordance with the 2005 ''Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act''. These acts grant the power to enact local bylaws and the responsibility to provide local government services. St. John's is Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and largest municipality by population and land area. Little Bay Islands is its smallest municipality by population, and Bren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
