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Oshawa

Northern America

Oshawa is a city on the Lake Ontario shoreline in Southern Ontario, Canada, about 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the Greater Toronto Area and of the Golden Horseshoe, and it is the largest municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham. The city's name comes from the Ojibwa term aazhawe, meaning the crossing place. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
175,383 1
Area (sq km)
145.68 1
Founding Year
1850 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
106 1
Latitude
43.9 degrees north 1
Longitude
78.85 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 2
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General Motors of Canada

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Source Wikipedia: General Motors of CanadaInfobox: hq_locationtier 2
Quote, Infobox: hq_location
1908 Colonel Sam Drive Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7
Windfields Farm

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Source Wikipedia: Windfields Farm (Ontario)tier 2
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1. Oshawa (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 175,383 (2021)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 43.9, longitude -78.85
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 106 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 145.68 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1850
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 175383 (2021)
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2. GeoNames: Oshawa - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 6094578
    43.90012 -78.84957 P PPL CA 08 3518 1813 175383 105 America/Toronto
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 105 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, -78.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, -78.75
43.75 -78.75 Dfb
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Oshawa (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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