Okanagan
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The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the City of Kelowna and its surrounding bedroom municipalities.
Statistics Canada defines the Kelowna CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) as being identical in area with the RDCO. The population in 2005 was 165,221, an increase from the official Canada 2006 Census total of 162,276 (these figures exclude the population of reserves belonging to the Westbank First Nation). The area is 2,904.00 square kilometres.
The regional district's offices are located in Kelowna itself.
Communities
Cities
- Kelowna
- Rutland
- Okanagan Mission
District municipalities & communities
- Lake Country
- Oyama
- Winfield
- Okanagan Centre
- Carr's Landing (aka "Carr's")
- Peachland
- West Kelowna
- Westbank
- Casa Loma
- West Kelowna Estates
- Shannon Lake
- Glenrosa
- Rose Valley
- Lakeview Heights
Regional district electoral areas
- Central Okanagan J (Central Okanagan West)
- Central Okanagan I (Central Okanagan East)
Indian Reserves (within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)
- Governed by the Okanagan Indian Band:
- Duck Lake 7 (N end Ellison Lake, just south of Winfield)
- Governed by the Westbank First Nation
- Tsinstikeptum 9 (in West Kelowna)
- Tsinstikeptum 10 (usually known as the Westbank Indian Reserve, in West Kelowna)
- Mission Creek 8 (Okanagan Mission)
- Medicine Creek 12, 10 km SE of Kelowna
- Medicine Hill 11, 15 km SE of Kelowna
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