The Thompson–Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the

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population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre of

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...

, which accounts for 78 percent of the regional district's population. The only other

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is Merritt; other municipally-incorporated communities include the District Municipalities of Logan Lake, Barriere and Clearwater and the

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, Cache Creek, Clinton and Lytton, and also the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks. The region is named indirectly for the

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by way of the traditional regional names of "the

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" and "the

Nicola Country The Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the British Columbia Interior, S ...

"; the Nicola Country was named for Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The regional district government operates over 125 services including libraries, solid waste management and recycling, community services, emergency and development services, a film commission.TNRD film commission
/ref> The region is unique in Canada as it consistently holds around some of the hottest summer temperatures in the country, while also containing an area around

that may be the only arid climate in Canada.

Municipalities

Unincorporated communities

*16 Mile *70 Mile House *Adams Lake *Agate Bay *Alpine Valley *Aspen Grove *Avola *Barnhartvale (East) *Big Bar *Birch Island *Black Pines *Blackpool *Blue River *Botanie Valley * Brookmere *Canford * Chasm *Cherry Creek *Darfield *Del Oro *Eagan Lake *East Barriere Lake *East Blackpool *Heffley Lake *Iron Mountain *

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*Kane Valley * Kelly Lake *Knouff Lake *Knutsford *Lac Le Jeune *Little Fort * Loon Lake *Louis Creek * Lower Hat Creek (Carquile) *Lower Nicola *McLure *Monte Creek *Monte Lake *Paul Lake *Paxton Valley *Pinantan Lake *Pressy Lake * Pritchard *Quilchena *Rivershore *Savona *South Green Lake *

Spences Bridge Spences Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, situated north east of Lytton and south of Ashcroft. At Spences Bridge the Trans-Canada Highway crosses the Thompson River. In 1892, Spences Bridge's population inc ...

*Stump Lake *Sunshine Valley *Thompson River Estates *Tobiano *Turtle Valley *Upper Clearwater * Upper Hat Creek *Vavenby *Venables Valley *Walhachin *Westwold *Whitecroft

Electoral areas

*Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country) *Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters) *Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) *Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) *Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country) *Electoral Area "L" *Electoral Area "M" *Electoral Area "N" *Electoral Area "O" *Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks)

Demographics

As a

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in the

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conducted by

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, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. *Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Parks

The regional district contains more than 60 provincial parks. See

List of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District The list of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District contains the provincial parks located within this regional district of the province of British Columbia. These parks are administered by BC Parks BC Parks is an Government agency, ...

Notes

References

External links

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