Surrey
second largest city in British Columbia, Canada
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Summary
Surrey is a city in British Columbia[1]. Surrey ranks in the top 9% of city in british columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,906 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metro Vancouver Regional District[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Fraser River[5], Boundary Bay[6], Serpentine River[7], Campbell River[8], Nicomekl River[9]
- Instance of: big city[10]
- Shares border with: Coquitlam[11], White Rock[12], Delta[13], Langley[14], New Westminster[15], Blaine[16], Port Coquitlam[17], Pitt Meadows[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Semiahmoo[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Taicang[20], Zhuhai[21], Kōtō[22]
- Legislative body: Surrey City Council[23]
- Commons category: Surrey, British Columbia[24]
- Inception: 1879[25]
- Official website: https://www.surrey.ca/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Surrey, British Columbia[27]
- Population: 468,251[28], 517,887[29], 568,322[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Surrey[31]
- Phone number: +1-604-591-4011[32]
- Contains settlement: South Surrey[33]
- Topic has template: Template:SurreyBCNeighbourhoods[34], Template:Surrey, British Columbia[35]
- Official name: City of Surrey[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Surrey, British Columbia[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Surrey, British Columbia[38]
- Category for people buried here: Q133867155[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Surrey, British Columbia[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 2 m[41], 82 m[42], 86 m[43]
- Area: 316.41 km²[44]
- Köppen climate classification: oceanic climate[45]
Why It Matters
Surrey has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Surrey is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]