Botha is a
hamlet
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in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada within the
County of Stettler No. 6. It is located approximately east of
Red Deer
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and east of
Stettler.
History
The community was founded in 1909 around the train station named after
Louis Botha
Louis Botha (; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa – the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war hero during the Second Boer War, ...
.
[ Botha then incorporated as a village on September 5, 1911.][ It dissolved from village status 106 years later on September 1, 2017, becoming a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Stettler No. 6.][
]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by Statistics Canada, Botha had a population of 180 living in 70 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 204. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Education
Botha School is part of Clearview Public Schools.Botha School
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See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
* List of hamlets in Alberta
References
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1911 establishments in Alberta
2017 disestablishments in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta