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Burnaby, located in British Columbia, with an area of 98.6 square kilometers and a population of 2 16336(2007). Geographical location: 49 degrees north latitude 16 minutes 0 seconds west longitude 122 degrees 58 minutes 0 seconds. The history of Bennaby

The growth of Bennaby town in the past 30 or 40 years has mainly benefited from its presence in Vancouver and Erbou (New? Between downtown Westminster). Originally a suburban agricultural area, Bennaby provided agricultural products for the neighboring urban areas, and later became an important transportation corridor connecting Vancouver, Fraser Valley and the inland of British Columbia, and became the first satellite city of Vancouver together with Beiwen and Richmond.

Geography and land use

Bernaby covers an area of 98.60 square kilometers (38.07 square miles), located in the center of Greater Vancouver, bordering Vancouver and Lando in the west. Moody), Coquitlam and Port 2, starting from the Fraser River in the south. River), north to Brady Bay (Brad? Entrance). Burnaby, Vancouver and Port II occupied Brad Peninsula (Burrard? Most of them. The terrain of Bernaby is from sea level to 370 meters above sea level, and the highest point is located in Mount burnaby. Mountain). The landform of Bennabi is mainly composed of hills, ridges, valleys and alluvial plains. These characteristics and their geographical location have a far-reaching impact on the city. The downtown of Bennaby has developed rapidly, and now it has gradually matured and improved. He changed from a typical rural area to a suburban town, and today he is a big city. However, the area ratio of parks and farmland in Bennaby is still the highest among major cities in North America, and the local government will also maintain some farmland, especially in the Great Bend. Around the riverside plain of the Fraser River.

traffic

Vancouver Elevated Train Lohi Town Center Station Platform. Vancouver Elevated Train runs through Bennaby, including the Expo Line (Expo? Line, completed in 1986) and the Millennium line (Millennium? Line, completed in 2002) and other two routes. Elevated trains have promoted the traffic between Bernaby and the second ports, Vancouver and Suri, and created the development of several high-density urban areas in Bernaby, such as Lougheed Town Center in the East District. Town? Center) and brentwood Town Center (brentwood? Town? Center), and the development of the southern railway town (Metrotown) is more significant. Bennaby's bus line is a part of Greater Vancouver's bus system, which is run by Coast Bus Company (Coast? Mountain? Bus? Company) operation. Elevated train and Jishan bus company belong to the large temperature transportation line. The main north-south roads through Bennaby mainly include border roads. Road), Wellington Road (Willingdon? Avenue), Royal Oak Road (Royal? Oak? Avenue), Kensington Avenue (Kensington? Avenue), sperling Road (sperling? Avenue), grady avenue (Gaglardi? Way)、caribou Road (Cariboo？ Road) and North Road (North? Road); East-west roads connect the surrounding cities, including Xishiding Street and Bennett Highway. Highway), Lohi Highway (Lougheed? Highway), Kingsway, Canada Avenue (Canada? Road) and seaside avenue (Marine? Driving. Hengjia Highway (British Columbia Provincial Highway1), the main east-west expressway in the great temperature area, also runs through the urban area. Hengjia Highway and Canada Avenue have replaced Douglas Road (Douglas? Most of the routes. Since 1990, Bennaby has also developed a series of bicycle lanes.

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Religious belief (200 1 census) 2 1.2%? Roman Catholicism 19.8%? Protestant 8.3%? Other Christians 4.9%? Buddhism 4.8% Judaism 4 1.0%? No religious beliefs, other religious beliefs.

Civil and political affairs

Although the land area of Bernaby only accounts for about 4% of the whole Greater Vancouver area, its population has reached 65,438+00% of the Greater Vancouver area in 20065,438+0. With a population of about 20,5261,Bennaby is the third largest city in British Columbia after Vancouver and Surrey. Like most parts of Greater Vancouver, Bennaby has many immigrant communities. For example, Sistine Street in the north of Bennaby has long had many Italian dinners and bocce competitions, and multi-storey apartment buildings in metropolises have mushroomed, partly due to the influx of new immigrants from Greater China (including Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau), South Korea and Yugoslavia. According to the 2006 census report, about 54% of people in Bernaby are not native speakers of English or French. For a long time, Bernaby's city council and school board were dominated by center-left members, but voters in this city sometimes elected conservative provincial and federal members. Federal New Democracy Rep. Svend? Robinson) represented Bennaby for 25 years from 1979 to 2004, and was the first member of Congress in China to publicly express his homosexuality.

Industry and economy

Bennabi's main technology companies are Electronic Arts Company, Fuji Lu Quan Company (now merged into Eastman Kodak Company) and Ballard? Power? Systems and research communication companies, their companies are all located here. Heavy industries include Chevron and PetroCanada's refinery in Brady Bay (Burrard? Entrance) set up a factory. Other companies, such as Yi Bei, also have important facilities in Burnaby. The residential areas in this city are characterized by high density. The downtown area mainly includes high-speed transportation system, high-tech research and business district, film and television studio, comprehensive industrial zone and major post-high school auxiliary institutions, including Simon Fraser University (SFU) and British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

education

Campus 4 1 is in charge of public schools in Bernaby, with community teaching, adult education and student exchange programs. Universities in the city include Simon Fraser University (SFU) and British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

symbol

Rhododendron is the official city flower of Bennabi.