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Sarnia

Northern America

Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, and the largest city on Lake Huron. It had a population of 72,047 at the 2021 census, and is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, where Lake Huron flows into the St. Clair River across from Port Huron, Michigan, on the Canada-United States border.

Facts
Population
72,047 1
Area (sq km)
163.9 2
Founding Year
1830 3
Elevation (m)
191 2
Latitude
42.9745 degrees north 2
Longitude
82.4066 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 4
Climate Zone
Continental 5
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 4
Sources
1. Sarnia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    It had a 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Sarnia (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 42.9745, longitude -82.4066
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 191 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 163.9 sq km
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3. Wikipedia: Sarnia
Infobox: established_date
Quote, Infobox: established_date
1830s
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4. GeoNames: Sarnia - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 6141190
    42.97866 -82.40407 P PPL CA 08 3538 3829 72125 185 America/Toronto
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 185 m
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5. 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 42.75, -82.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, -82.25
42.75 -82.25 Dfb
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Wikidata: Sarnia
Wikidata Q34106, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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