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289:Time zone
259:Elevation
1520:Weymouth
1515:Westport
1510:Tiverton
1470:Kingston
1455:Freeport
1412:Villages
1402:Yarmouth
1342:Mulgrave
1264:Yarmouth
1163:Victoria
1158:Richmond
1105:Yarmouth
1100:Victoria
1090:Richmond
1012:Counties
704:See also
402:Mulgrave
343:$ 40,339
163:Province
105:Mulgrave
25:Mulgrave
1490:Pugwash
1440:Chester
1435:Canning
1425:Baddeck
1382:Trenton
1297:Berwick
1282:Amherst
1224:Chester
1186:Halifax
1055:Halifax
661:of its
645:In the
470:mi'kmaq
444:History
370:Website
183:Founded
155:Country
1589:People
1357:Pictou
1352:Oxford
1214:Argyle
1191:Queens
1153:Pictou
1085:Queens
1080:Pictou
949:
633:−13.2%
567:−14.9%
454:Scotia
354:011F11
312:0E 2G0
158:Canada
1567:Lists
1450:Dover
1387:Truro
1312:Digby
1274:Towns
1234:Digby
1229:Clare
1148:Kings
1070:Kings
1060:Hants
1045:Digby
888:(PDF)
881:(PDF)
851:8 May
818:8 May
787:8 May
622:−9.1%
611:−9.7%
600:−2.8%
589:+0.9%
578:−4.2%
556:−4.0%
553:1,099
545:−6.7%
542:1,145
531:1,227
365:CBAQK
294:UTC-4
947:ISBN
924:2022
853:2019
820:2019
789:2019
750:2017
627:2021
616:2016
605:2011
594:2006
583:2001
572:1996
561:1991
550:1981
539:1961
528:1956
517:Pop.
513:Year
452:The
362:Code
360:GNBC
246:Area
186:1800
61:Seal
33:Town
667:722
663:316
659:292
655:627
630:627
619:722
608:794
597:879
586:904
575:896
564:935
472:as
408:in
379:.ca
375:www
351:Map
349:NTS
335:747
324:902
298:AST
275:722
240:(L)
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