Victoria

Summary

Victoria is a city in British Columbia^[1]. Victoria ranks in the top 2% of city_in_british_columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,379 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Victoria is located in Capital Regional District^[3].
• Victoria is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Victoria is on the body of water Strait of Juan de Fuca^[5].
• Victoria's head of government is recorded as Marianne Alto^[6].
• Victoria's instance of is recorded as city in British Columbia^[7].
• Victoria's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Victoria's official language is recorded as English^[9].
• Victoria's shares border with is recorded as Saanich^[10].
• Victoria's shares border with is recorded as Esquimalt^[11].
• Victoria's shares border with is recorded as Oak Bay^[12].
• Victoria's founder is recorded as Hudson's Bay Company^[13].
• Victoria is named after Victoria^[14].
• Victoria's flag is recorded as flag of Victoria^[15].
• Victoria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suzhou^[16].
• Victoria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Morioka^[17].
• Victoria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Napier^[18].
• Victoria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Khabarovsk^[19].
• Victoria's postal code is recorded as V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E^[20].
• Victoria's Commons category is recorded as Victoria, British Columbia^[21].
• Victoria's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone^[22].
• Victoria's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−08:00^[23].
• Victoria's local dialing code is recorded as 250^[24].
• Victoria's local dialing code is recorded as 778^[25].
• Victoria's local dialing code is recorded as 236^[26].
• Victoria's local dialing code is recorded as 672^[27].

Body

Founding

Victoria's founder is recorded as Hudson's Bay Company^[13]. Recorded inception include 1862^[28] and 1849^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Victoria include Victoria International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Canada^[32]; HMCS Victoria^[33], a submarine^[34], in United Kingdom^[35]; and Victoria Inner Harbour Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Canada^[38].

Why It Matters

Victoria ranks in the top 2% of city_in_british_columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,379 views/month).^[2] Victoria has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Victoria is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Victoria include Victoria International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Canada^[32]; HMCS Victoria^[33], a submarine^[34], in United Kingdom^[35]; and Victoria Inner Harbour Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Canada^[38].