Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
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For the adjacent national park, see Wood Buffalo National Park. For other uses, see Wood buffalo (disambiguation).
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB)[4][5] is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the largest municipality in North America by area[6] and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sands.
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Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Northern Alberta |
Planning region | Lower Athabasca |
Specialized municipality | April 1, 1995 |
Name change | August 14, 1996 |
Administrative office | Fort McMurray |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sandy Bowman |
• Governing body | Wood Buffalo Municipal Council
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• CAO | Jamie Doyle |
Area (2021)[2] | |
• Land | 60,843.88 km2 (23,491.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 82,400 |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Municipal census (2021) | 75,555[3] |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Website | rmwb.ca |
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