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Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan
RM of Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Swift Current (disambiguation)
Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality of 1,587 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 12, 1910.[1] Other localities in the area include Aikins, Atlas Trailer Court, Beverley, Cantuar, Chortitz, Duncairn, Dunelm , Hak, Java , Player, Pondarosa Trailer Court, Rhineland, Rosengart Rosengart, Schantzenfel, Schoenfeld, Schoenwiese, Smith Field Airport, Springfield, Swift Current Airport, Wyatt, and Wymark [2] [3] A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
| A person could work for the municipality and have his earnings put toward the taxes on his land; at one time, money collected in each Division stayed in that Division....The RM has as its responsibilities for many areas: agricultural programs and concerns in general; tax collections for needs of the municipality - road construction and maintenance; protective services - pest control, fire protection, weed control, environmental development, cultural and educational services; medical and veterinary needs and so forth. |
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— Tecumseh No. 65 [4]
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[edit] Statistics
According to the Canada 2006 Census[5]:
| • Population: |
1,587 (-7.0 % from 2001) |
| • Land area: |
1,107.70 km² (427.69 sq mi) |
| • Population density: |
1.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6 /sq mi) |
| • National population rank (Out of 5,008): |
Ranked Not Available |
| • Median age: |
Not Available (males: Not Available, females: Not Available) |
| • Total private dwellings: |
622 |
| • Dwellings occupied by permanent residents: |
589 |
| • Mean household income: |
$Not Available |
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[edit] Area statistics
- Lat 50.250067631°
- Long -107.834654439°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
[edit] References
- ^ MRD Municipal Status Information, Government of Saskatchewan, <http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/incorp/rmincorpdatenum.html>. Retrieved on 29 December 2007
- ^ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, <http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/cem_rmname.asp>. Retrieved on 29 December 2007
- ^ 4708001 - Swift Current No. 137, geographical codes and localities ,2006, Government of Canada, <http://stds.statcan.ca/english/sgc/2006/2006-cma-searchlocal-fin.asp?criteria=4708001>. Retrieved on 29 December 2007
- ^ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan, Tecumseh No. 65, <http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=1003>. Retrieved on 27 December 2007
- ^ 2006 Community Profile
- ^ 2006 Community Profiles. Statistics Canada. Government of Canada (2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
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