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In the People's Republic of China, a community (社区), [1] [2] also called residential unit or residential quarter (小区) or neighbourhood (居民区) or residential community (居住区), is an urban residential area and its residents administrated by a subdistrict (街道办事处). Communities are generally organized around a territory ...
Bergen Community College is a public community college in Bergen County, New Jersey.It was founded in 1965 and opened in 1968. As of November 2021, it is the largest community college in the state, with sites in Paramus, Hackensack, and Lyndhurst and 13,352 students enrolled in degree programs, as well as approximately 5,800 in continuing and adult education programs.
A recreational community in British Columbia is an "unincorporated place with seasonal or year-round services, accommodation and amenities associated primarily with recreational or leisure activities". [5] British Columbia has 11 communities that are classified as recreational communities. [1]
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Cohousing is an intentional, [1] self-governing, [2] cooperative community where residents live in private homes often clustered around shared space. [3] The term originated in Denmark in the late 1960s. [4] Families live in attached or single-family homes with traditional amenities, usually including a private kitchenette.
The BC Book & Yukon Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers and publishers. The prizes, as well as the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence, are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor's BC Book Prize Gala in April. The prizes are administered and awarded by the West ...
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [27] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Pritchard, British Columbia. Pritchard is an unincorporated community straddling the South Thompson River in the Thompson region of south central British Columbia. [1] Northeast of the BC Highway 97 intersection on BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Chase and 39 kilometres (24 mi) east of Kamloops.