Saanich

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  • Type: City with 118,000 residents
  • Description: district municipality in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “District of Saanich”, “Saanich (Columbia Británica)”, “Saanich, BC”, and “Saanich, British Columbia”
  • Historically known as: “Sanytsh” and “Sha ni zhi”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre and Swan Lake.

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Lake
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Shopping center
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Esquimalt.

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The Township of is a municipality at the…

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Saanich

Latitude
48.4594° or 48° 27′ 34″ north
Longitude
-123.3765° or 123° 22′ 35″ west
Population
118,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA SNH
Open location code
84WRFJ5F+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1471710759
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6136944
Wiki­data ID
Q179553
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Saanich” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانيتش، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “سانيتش”
  • Belarusian: “Сааніх”
  • Bulgarian: “Санич”
  • Catalan: “Saanich”
  • Cebuano: “Saanich”
  • Chinese: “沙尼治” (historical)
  • Chinese: “萨尼奇”
  • Czech: “Saanich”
  • Dutch: “Saanich”
  • Esperanto: “Saanich”
  • Finnish: “Saanich”
  • French: “Saanich”
  • German: “Saanich”
  • Greek: “Σάανιτς”
  • Greek: “Σάνιτς”
  • Italian: “Saanich”
  • Japanese: “サーニッチ (ブリティッシュコロンビア州)”
  • Korean: “사니치”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saanich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saanich”
  • Norwegian: “Saanich”
  • Persian: “سانیچ”
  • Portuguese: “Saanich”
  • Russian: “Саанич” (historical)
  • Russian: “Санич”
  • Sardinian: “Saanich”
  • Slovenian: “Saanich”
  • Spanish: “Saanich”
  • Swahili: “Saanich”
  • Swedish: “Saanich”
  • Ukrainian: “Сааніч”
  • Urdu: “سانچ، برٹش کولمبیا”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saanich, British Columbia”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙尼治”
  • “Saanich”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Quadra Village and Vic West.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: District of Saanich Municipal Hall and Saanich Municipal Hall Annex.

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