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Richmond is the fast developing, growing city situated on the western coast of Canada. Richmond is the part of Greater Vancouver, it is comfortably located only in 20 minutes from the center (the downtown) of Vancouver and in 25 minutes from the border with the United States. The constantly proceeding development of the city center, the building of high-speed subway line (Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project) and the Olympic Oval for skating makes Richmond highly promising and attractive place for residence and rest. Geography and population Richmond is a unique island city lying in the mouth of the Fraser River.
It includes Sea Island, the major part of Lulu Island and 15 smaller islands. * Latitude: 49 101 59 1 "N * Longitude: 123 8 '0.7" W * Height above the sea level: 1 meter * Square: 129 666 sq.km. * Population (March 2005): 177 750 people. Richmond, significantly changed during the last few decades, was especially rapidly developed in early 90th of the last century. The considerable part of the population growth was provided by the flow of immigrants from Asia. Today the peasants from China and Southern Asia are almost 60% of all city population. Richmond was awarded many times for different innovations and successful city economy management and now it is regarded as one of the most attractive Canadian cities for living.
Health and life span According to statistics, Richmond inhabitants have the longest life span among Canadians. The average life span here is 81.2 years, which is 3 years more than average lifetime in the country (78.3years). Transport Richmond is connected to surrounding districts by a few bridges and tunnels. Two highway lines and two railway branches are lying through Richmond. There are also two international sea ports in the city. Vancouver International Airport is also located here. You can view the schedule of local regular buses on the website: http://www.translink.bc.ca Subway (Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project) Fast and unimpeded transport delivering people to the center of Vancouver and Airport is very important for Richmond inhabitants, and in 2009 30-minutes journey from Richmond to Vancouver downtown has become a reality.
The 19.5 km subway line with eighteen stations significantly improved and simplified the access to Vancouver downtown and airport. The total cost of the project is 1.72 billion dollars. Climate Richmond is located in temperate climatic zone. In contrast to other parts of the country, there is almost no or very little snow on the western coast of Canada. Due to Richmond location far from the mountains, the average amount of precipitations is 30% less than in Vancouver (11126 mm). In other words Richmond has the biggest number of sunny days in a year compared to other cities of Greater Vancouver. Places of interest/Leisure/Sports Richmond has more than 90 parks of average territory of about 566 hectares and a wide choice of places for active rest, including swimming pools, arenas, cultural and sports centers, tennis courts, sports grounds, places for picnics, golf clubs.
Practically the whole perimeter of Richmond and its dyke is surrounded by dyke trails that lead to lots of wonderful scenes of the bay and mountains. Also you can visit libraries, theatre, art-gallery, art-center, museums, archives and historical sights. Stevetson is one of the most popular and widely attended historical places of interest in Richmond. At the beginning of the last century Stevetson was the largest fishing ports in North America. Today it is the touristic and resort destination with lots of souvenir shops, cozy restaurants and fish market where you can always buy fresh fish, shrimps, crabs and red caviar. Riverport is the sports entertainment complex that holds ice arena, swimming pool, fitness center, cinema with 19 halls, IMAX, bowling center and lots of restaurants.
Richmond is the fast developing, growing city situated on the western coast of Canada. Richmond is the part of Greater Vancouver, it is comfortably located only in 20 minutes from the center (the downtown) of Vancouver and in 25 minutes from the border with the United States. The constantly proceeding development of the city center, the building of high-speed subway line (Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project) and the Olympic Oval for skating makes Richmond highly promising and attractive place for residence and rest. Geography and population Richmond is a unique island city lying in the mouth of the Fraser River. It includes Sea Island, the major part of Lulu Island and 15 smaller islands. * Latitude: 49 101 59 1 "N * Longitude: 123 8 '0.7" W * Height above the sea level: 1 meter * Square: 129 666 sq.km. * Population (March 2005): 177 750 people. Richmond, significantly changed during the last few decades, was especially rapidly developed in early 90th of the last century.
The considerable part of the population growth was provided by the flow of immigrants from Asia. Today the peasants from China and Southern Asia are almost 60% of all city population. Richmond was awarded many times for different innovations and successful city economy management and now it is regarded as one of the most attractive Canadian cities for living. Health and life span According to statistics, Richmond inhabitants have the longest life span among Canadians. The average life span here is 81.2 years, which is 3 years more than average lifetime in the country (78.3years). Transport Richmond is connected to surrounding districts by a few bridges and tunnels. Two highway lines and two railway branches are lying through Richmond. There are also two international sea ports in the city.
Vancouver International Airport is also located here. You can view the schedule of local regular buses on the website: http://www.translink.bc.ca Subway (Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project) Fast and unimpeded transport delivering people to the center of Vancouver and Airport is very important for Richmond inhabitants, and in 2009 30-minutes journey from Richmond to Vancouver downtown has become a reality. The 19.5 km subway line with eighteen stations significantly improved and simplified the access to Vancouver downtown and airport. The total cost of the project is 1.72 billion dollars. Climate Richmond is located in temperate climatic zone. In contrast to other parts of the country, there is almost no or very little snow on the western coast of Canada. Due to Richmond location far from the mountains, the average amount of precipitations is 30% less than in Vancouver (11126 mm).
In other words Richmond has the biggest number of sunny days in a year compared to other cities of Greater Vancouver. Places of interest/Leisure/Sports Richmond has more than 90 parks of average territory of about 566 hectares and a wide choice of places for active rest, including swimming pools, arenas, cultural and sports centers, tennis courts, sports grounds, places for picnics, golf clubs. Practically the whole perimeter of Richmond and its dyke is surrounded by dyke trails that lead to lots of wonderful scenes of the bay and mountains. Also you can visit libraries, theatre, art-gallery, art-center, museums, archives and historical sights. Stevetson is one of the most popular and widely attended historical places of interest in Richmond. At the beginning of the last century Stevetson was the largest fishing ports in North America. Today it is the touristic and resort destination with lots of souvenir shops, cozy restaurants and fish market where you can always buy fresh fish, shrimps, crabs and red caviar. Riverport is the sports entertainment complex that holds ice arena, swimming pool, fitness center, cinema with 19 halls, IMAX, bowling center and lots of restaurants.
