Merritt

Merritt is a city of about 7,000 people in the Nicola River valley of the region of . There isn't much to see in town, other than a certain vintage Old West flavour, but as a location it makes a convenient place to stop for a rest or to get some food en route to , , , or beyond.
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  • Type: City with 7,050 residents
  • Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Merritt (Columbia Británica)”, “Merritt, BC”, “Merritt, British Columbia”, and “Merritt, Tỉnh bang British Columbia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: South Central Interior Distance Education School and Merritt Secondary School.

School
SCIDES or South Central Interior Distance Education…

School
Merritt Secondary is a public high school…

Merritt

Latitude
50.1125° or 50° 6′ 45″ north
Longitude
-120.7884° or 120° 47′ 18″ west
Population
7,050
Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)
IATA airport code
YMB
UN/LOCODE
CA YMB
Open location code
942X4666+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6141632291
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6072350
Wiki­data ID
Q1025990
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Merritt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميريت، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “ميريت”
  • Asturian: “Merritt”
  • Bengali: “মেরিট , ব্রিটিশ কলম্বিয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерит”
  • Catalan: “Merritt”
  • Cebuano: “Merritt”
  • Chinese: “梅利特”
  • Chinese: “梅里特”
  • Czech: “Merritt”
  • Danish: “Merritt”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Merritt, Kolombiyay Britanya”
  • Dutch: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Finnish: “Merritt, Brittiläinen Kolumbia”
  • French: “Merritt”
  • German: “Merritt”
  • Greek: “Μέριττ”
  • Gujarati: “મેરિટ, બ્રિટીશ કોલમ્બિયા”
  • Hebrew: “מריט”
  • Hindi: “मेरिट”
  • Indonesian: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Italian: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Italian: “Merritt”
  • Japanese: “メリット (カナダ)”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆರಿಟ್, ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಕೊಲಂಬಿಯಾ”
  • Korean: “메리트”
  • Kurdish: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Latvian: “Merita”
  • Lithuanian: “Meritas, Britų Kolumbija”
  • Malay: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Marathi: “मेरिट, ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merritt, Britiske Colombia”
  • Persian: “مرریت، بریتیش کلمبیا”
  • Persian: “مریت”
  • Polish: “Merritt”
  • Portuguese: “Merritt”
  • Russian: “Мерит”
  • Russian: “Мерритт”
  • Serbian: “Мерит (Британска Колумбија)”
  • Serbian: “Мерит”
  • Sinhala: “මෙරිට් බ්‍රිටිෂ් කොලොම්බියා”
  • Slovak: “Merritt”
  • Spanish: “Merritt”
  • Swedish: “Merritt, British Columbia”
  • Swedish: “Merritt”
  • Tamil: “மெரிட், பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா”
  • Telugu: “మెరిట్, బ్రిటీష్ కొలంబియా”
  • Thai: “เมอร์ริท”
  • Turkish: “Merritt”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерит”
  • Ukrainian: “Меріт”
  • Urdu: “میریٹ، برٹش کولمبیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Merritt”
  • Volapük: “Merritt”
  • Western Panjabi: “میرٹ”

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