Red Deer, Alberta

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Red Deer is a city in central Alberta, Canada, located almost midway between Calgary and Edmonton within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. It is Alberta's third largest city by population after Calgary and Edmonton. Red Deer is located in the Parkland, a region of rolling hills focused on oil, grain and cattle production. According to the 2011 city census, the population of Red Deer is 90,564. The city is a centre for oil and agriculture distribution, and the surrounding region is a major centre for petrochemical production.

The name Red Deer is a translation of was-ka-soo which means "elk river" in the Cree aboriginal language. Waskasoo is also a neighborhood in Red Deer overlooking the Red Deer river.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer,_Alberta
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Coordinates:   52°16'0"N   113°48'14"W