Montreal pinyin

Montreal (French: Montréal, English: Montreal), also known as Montreal, is located on Montreal Island and its surrounding islands in the St. Lawrence River in the southwest of Quebec, Canada. It is the economic center and main port of Quebec, Canada, and the largest city in the province.

With a population of about 465,438+10,000 (20 16) and an area of 4,259 square kilometers, Montreal is the second largest city in Canada. The word "Montreal" comes from the middle French word "Mont Royal", which means "Mount Royal", and the landmark of downtown Montreal is named after it.

Montreal is one of the most important economic centers in Canada. In 20 13, the city's regional GDP reached189.3 billion US dollars, which mainly benefited from Montreal's developed aviation, finance, design and film industries.

In 2006, Montreal was named "City of Design" by UNESCO. In 20 17, Montreal was rated as the best city for studying abroad by the British Higher Education Survey.

Although the fur trade in Montreal has been declining, by 1900, the expanding shipping industry and railways made Montreal the commercial and cultural center of Canada. Immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe came here to look for jobs, creating the diversity of Montreal. With the influx of European Jews in the 20th century, the ethnic community in Montreal is also expanding.

19 1 1 year, the population of Montreal reaches 500,000, which will double in the tide of European immigration in the next two decades. In the early 1950s, the population of Montreal exceeded one million, and Mayor Jean Drapeau began to plan the future construction of Montreal. In the early 1950s, the population of Montreal exceeded1million.

Jean Drapeau, the new mayor of Montreal, has made a series of plans to change the old appearance of the city: building a new subway system and underground city, expanding the port of Montreal and widening the sea route with the St. Lawrence River. During this period, high-rise buildings competed to stand above the city, including the 43-story Maryktown Square and the 47-story Stock Exchange.