Edmonton, Alberta - Sofia, Bulgaria - Comparison and Distance between
Distance: 8,514 km / 5,291 miles

Edmonton, Alberta

You are looking at Edmonton in Alberta. The city has a population of 1040000 residents. It is located on -112.51 degrees longitude, and 53.55 latitude.

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Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies. It is the second largest city in Alberta after Calgary, and is the hub of Canada's sixth largest census metropolitan area, with a metropolitan population of 1,034,945, making it the northernmost North American city with a metropolitan population over one million. At 684 square kilometres (264 sq mi), the City of Edmonton covers an area larger than Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto or Montreal. Edmonton has one of the lowest population densities in North America, about 9.4% that of New York City. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian.

Edmonton , Cheap stuff:
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Edmonton serves as the northern anchor of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (one of four regions that together comprise 50% of Canada's population) and is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.

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Edmonton is the most northerly major city in North America. At the summer solstice, Edmonton receives seventeen hours and six minutes of daylight, with twilight extending well beyond that. Edmonton receives 2,289 hours of sunshine per year, and is one of Canada's sunniest cities.

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The Edmonton International Fringe Festival, which takes place in mid-August, is the largest Fringe Theatre Festival in North America, and second only to the Edinburgh Fringe festival in the world. More than 1500 performers take part in the festival each year. In 2006, over 77,000 tickets were sold to indoor shows, and over 500,000 people visited the festival site.

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Sofia, Bulgaria

You are looking at Sofia in Bulgaria. The city has a population of 2088703 residents. It is located on 23.33 degrees longitude, and 42.70 latitude.

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Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. It is situated in midst of the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria is the eldest country on the Balkans. Balkan means mountain area in Bulgarian Language. About 150 km from Sofia stays the Mousala Peek - it is the highest point of the Balkan Peninsula.

Sofia emerges as Trade Center of the Roman Empire(in its east part). The Roman Empire also imcludes the provinces: Mizia(capital Pleven link:www.pleven.bg), Trakia and Macedonia. During the Medieval this is what Bulgaria consists of.

Nowadays, in Sofia are situated a lot of economics branches. Sofia is an aim of a lot of foreign investments. The IT, Engineering and Financial and Economic sectors are really growing due to considerable input capital calculated around 10 billion EURO. On 1st of January 2007 Bulgaria is a member of the European Union.

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