Special Areas, Alberta

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Special Areas, Alberta is a sparsely populated rural region in southeastern Alberta administered by a unique Special Areas Board rather than a typical municipal government.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Special Areas Act (Alberta) 1
Special Areas, Alberta canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rural municipality
specialized municipality
administeredBy Special Areas Board
area approximately 20,000 square kilometres
borderedBy County of Forty Mile No. 8
County of Stettler No. 6
Cypress County NERFINISHED
Kneehill County
MD of Acadia No. 34
MD of Paintearth No. 18
MD of Provost No. 52
MD of Wainwright No. 61
Newell County
Saskatchewan
Starland County
Wheatland County
climate semi-arid
country Canada
createdAs drought relief and land management area
governmentType special areas board administration
hasAdministrativeHeadquarters Hanna, Alberta
hasComponent Special Area No. 2
Special Area No. 3
Special Area No. 4
hasGoverningBody Special Areas Board
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasSettlement Altario, Alberta
Cereal, Alberta
Consort, Alberta
Empress, Alberta
Hanna, Alberta
Loverna, Saskatchewan (nearby former rail point influencing region)
Monitor, Alberta
Oyen, Alberta
Sedalia, Alberta
Spondin, Alberta
Veteran, Alberta
Youngstown, Alberta
hasWebsite https://www.specialareas.ab.ca/
historicalReasonForCreation Dust Bowl–era agricultural collapse
isPartOf Province of Alberta
linked to: Alberta
legislatedBy Special Areas Act (Alberta)
locatedIn Alberta
locatedInRegion southeastern Alberta
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
primaryLandUse dryland farming
grazing
ranching
timeZone Mountain Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Alberta contains Special Areas, Alberta
subject linked to: southern Alberta
Special Areas, Alberta legislatedBy Special Areas Act (Alberta)
linked to: Special Areas, Alberta