Penticton

Penticton is a beautiful spot in the south nestled between two lakes: The 155 km-long Okanagan Lake to the north, and the smaller Skaha Lake to the south.
Photo: Fawcett5, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 36,900 residents
  • Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Penticton (Columbia Británica)”, “Penticton, BC”, and “Penticton, British Columbia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: South Okanagan Events Centre and Penticton Memorial Arena.

Sports venue
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Sports venue
is a hockey arena and ice rink located in Penticton, British Columbia.

Hospital
is a 140-bed hospital located in Penticton, .

Penticton

Latitude
49.5003° or 49° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
-119.5932° or 119° 35′ 36″ west
Population
36,900
Elevation
357 metres (1,171 feet)
IATA airport code
YYF
UN/LOCODE
CA YYF
Open location code
85X2GC24+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Penticton” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Penticton”
  • Arabic: “بينتيكتون، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “بينتيكتون”
  • Armenian: “Պենտիկտոն”
  • Asturian: “Penticton”
  • Bengali: “পেন্টিকটন”
  • Bulgarian: “Пентиктън”
  • Catalan: “Penticton”
  • Cebuano: “Penticton”
  • Chinese: “彭蒂克頓”
  • Chinese: “彭蒂克顿”
  • Czech: “Penticton”
  • Danish: “Penticton”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Penticton, Kolombiyay Britanya”
  • Dutch: “Penticton”
  • Esperanto: “Penticton”
  • Finnish: “Penticton”
  • French: “Penticton”
  • German: “Penticton”
  • Greek: “Πέντικτον”
  • Gujarati: “પેન્ટિકટન”
  • Hebrew: “פנטיקטון”
  • Hindi: “पेंटिक्टोन”
  • Indonesian: “Penticton”
  • Irish: “Penticton, An Cholóim Bhriotanach”
  • Italian: “Penticton”
  • Japanese: “ペンティクトン”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆಂಟಿಕ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “펜틱턴”
  • Latvian: “Pentiktona”
  • Lithuanian: “Pentiktonas”
  • Malagasy: “Penticton”
  • Malay: “Penticton”
  • Marathi: “पेन्टिक्टन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Penticton”
  • Norwegian: “Penticton”
  • Persian: “پنتیکتن”
  • Polish: “Penticton”
  • Portuguese: “Penticton”
  • Russian: “Пентиктон”
  • Serbian: “Пентиктон”
  • Sinhala: “පෙන්ටික්ටන්”
  • Slovak: “Penticton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پنتیکتون”
  • Spanish: “Penticton”
  • Swedish: “Penticton”
  • Tamil: “பென்டிக்டன்”
  • Telugu: “పెంటిక్షన్”
  • Thai: “เพนติกตัน”
  • Turkish: “Penticton”
  • Ukrainian: “Пентіктон”
  • Urdu: “پینٹیکٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Penticton”
  • Volapük: “Penticton”
  • Western Panjabi: “پینٹکٹان”

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