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Quebec

Quebec is a province in , the largest in size and second only to in population. French is the first language of a majority of Quebecois and the sole official language of the province, making it the only Canadian province that is officially monolingual in French.
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is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec. While Quebec City is the political capital, is the cultural and economic centre, and the main entry point to the province.

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With a population of over 15,000 and a history that stretches back to the dawn of European colonization in what is now Canada, is the largest city and unofficial capital of the region with which it shares its name.

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is the capital of the province of Quebec. It sits at a commanding position on cliffs overlooking the St. Lawrence Seaway. 's Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of only three cities in North America with its original city walls.

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is a region in Quebec. The culturally rich and lively city of is the focal point of the region. North of the city and the St.

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is the heartland of Quebec. It contains the capital of the province, , and some of the prime agricultural land in the province.

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is a coastal region in Quebec with small towns and villages hugging the coast. It is east of Quebec City and south of the St. Lawrence River. The Gaspé is particularly scenic.

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The or Côte-Nord is a region of Quebec on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 2021, it had about 89,000 residents in an area about the size of Italy.

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is a region in Quebec. It is sparsely inhabited with a number of logging and mining towns and hydro electric projects. It covers an area greater than 800,000 km², making it larger than Turkey, but has a population of less than 200,000, three-quarters of whom live in Abitibi-Témiscamingue in the extreme southwest of the region.

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is an administrative region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of , the municipality of , the municipality of and the region.

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Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean is a vast region of forests and rivers in Quebec. The Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretches through much of the region.

Quebec

Latitude of center
52.4761° or 52° 28′ 34″ north
Longitude of center
-71.8259° or 71° 49′ 33″ west
Population
8,240,000
Elevation
741 metres (2,431 feet)
Abbreviation
“QC”
Abbreviation
“Que.”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305700701
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6115047
Wiki­data ID
Q176
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Quebec” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Quebec”
  • Albanian: “Kebeku”
  • Albanian: “Quebec”
  • Amharic: “ኬበክ”
  • Arabic: “الكبك”
  • Arabic: “كباك”
  • Arabic: “كبك”
  • Arabic: “كويبك”
  • Arabic: “كيبك”
  • Aragonese: “Québec”
  • Armenian: “Քվեբեկ”
  • Arpitan: “Quèbèc”
  • Asturian: “QC”
  • Asturian: “Quebec”
  • Asturian: “Québec”
  • Atikamekw: “Kepek aski”
  • Atikamekw: “Kepek Askik”
  • Awadhi: “कीबैक”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kvebek”
  • Balinese: “Québec”
  • Bashkir: “Квебек”
  • Basque: “Quebec”
  • Bavarian: “Quebec”
  • Bavarian: “Québec”
  • Belarusian: “Квебек (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Квебек”
  • Belarusian: “Квэбэк”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Квебек”
  • Bengali: “কুইবেক”
  • Betawi: “Kébèk”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्युबेक”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्यूबेक”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्वबेक”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्वेबेक”
  • Bosnian: “Quebec”
  • Bosnian: “Québec”
  • Breton: “Bro-Gebek”
  • Breton: “Kebek”
  • Bulgarian: “Квебек”
  • Burmese: “ကွီဗက်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “el Quebec”
  • Catalan: “Quebec”
  • Cebuano: “Québec (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Québec”
  • Central Kurdish: “کێبێک”
  • Chinese: “Québec”
  • Chinese: “古壁省”
  • Chinese: “魁北克”
  • Chinese: “魁北克省”
  • Chinese: “魁省”
  • Cornish: “Kebek”
  • Corsican: “Quebec”
  • Cree: “ᑯᐯᒃ”
  • Croatian: “Québec”
  • Czech: “Quebec”
  • Czech: “Quebéc”
  • Czech: “Québec”
  • Danish: “Québec”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Québec”
  • Dutch: “Quebec”
  • Dutch: “Québec”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيبك”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيبيك”
  • Esperanto: “Kebekio”
  • Esperanto: “Kebeko”
  • Estonian: “Québec”
  • Faroese: “Quebec”
  • Faroese: “Québec”
  • Finnish: “Quebec”
  • Finnish: “Québec”
  • Fon: “Kebɛk”
  • Fon: “Québec”
  • French: “La Belle Province”
  • French: “Le Québec”
  • French: “P.Q.”
  • French: “PQ”
  • French: “Province de Québec”
  • French: “Qc.”
  • French: “Qc”
  • French: “Qué.”
  • French: “Québec, Canada”
  • French: “Québec” (historical)
  • Friulian: “Québec”
  • Galician: “Quebec”
  • Galician: “Québec”
  • Georgian: “კვებეკი”
  • German: “Provinz Quebec”
  • German: “Provinz Québec”
  • German: “Quebec”
  • German: “Québec”
  • Greek: “Κεμπέκ”
  • Guarani: “Québec”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વિબેક”
  • Haitian: “Kebèk”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Québec-sén”
  • Hausa: “Kebek”
  • Hebrew: “קוויבק”
  • Hindi: “क्यूबेक”
  • Hindi: “क्यूसी”
  • Hungarian: “Québec”
  • Icelandic: “Québec”
  • Ido: “Kebekia”
  • Ido: “Quebec”
  • Igbo: “Quebec”
  • Iloko: “Quebec”
  • Indonesian: “Quebec”
  • Interlingua: “Québec”
  • Interlingue: “Québec”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑯᐸᐃᒃ”
  • Irish: “Québec”
  • Italian: “Quebec”
  • Italian: “Québec”
  • Japanese: “ケベック州”
  • Javanese: “Quebec”
  • Kabyle: “Kebek”
  • Kalaallisut: “Québec”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವಿಬೆಕ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Квебек”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Куебек”
  • Kazakh: “Квебек”
  • Kirghiz: “Квебек (Аймак)”
  • Korean: “퀘벡주”
  • Korean: “퀴베크주”
  • Kurdish: “Kîbêk”
  • Kurdish: “Quebec”
  • Ladino: “Kebek”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງເກແບັກ”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງຄວິເບກ”
  • Latin: “Quebecum”
  • Latvian: “Kvebeka”
  • Ligurian: “Quebec”
  • Limburgan: “Québec”
  • Lingala: “Kébeki”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Quebec”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Québec”
  • Literary Chinese: “魁北克”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvebekas”
  • Lombard: “Québec”
  • Low German: “Quebec”
  • Low German: “Québec”
  • Luxembourgish: “Le Québec”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Québec”
  • Luxembourgish: “Quebec”
  • Luxembourgish: “Québec”
  • Macedonian: “Квебек”
  • Malagasy: “Québec”
  • Malay: “Quebec”
  • Malay: “کوئبيک”
  • Malayalam: “Quebec”
  • Malayalam: “ക്യൂബെക്”
  • Maltese: “Quebec”
  • Manx: “Québec”
  • Maori: “Kuipeka”
  • Marathi: “क्वेबेक”
  • Mazanderani: “کبک اوستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Quebec”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Québec”
  • Mingrelian: “კვებეკი”
  • Mongolian: “Квебек”
  • Mongolian: “Кэбэк”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كيبيك”
  • Narom: “Québé’”
  • Narom: “Tchubec”
  • Nauru: “Quebec”
  • Neapolitan: “Québec”
  • Nepali: “क्युबेक”
  • Northern Frisian: “Quebec”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Québec”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quebec”
  • Norwegian: “Québec”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Quebèc”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܝܒܩ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cwebec”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Quebec”
  • Ossetian: “Квебек”
  • Pampanga: “Quebec”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਬੈਕ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਬੈੱਕ”
  • Papiamento: “Quebec”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Québec”
  • Persian: “استان کبک”
  • Persian: “کبک”
  • Picard: “Kébec”
  • Piemontese: “Québec”
  • Polish: “Quebec”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Quebec”
  • Portuguese: “QC”
  • Portuguese: “Quebec, Canadá”
  • Portuguese: “Quebec”
  • Portuguese: “Québec”
  • Portuguese: “Quebeque”
  • Quechua: “Quebec pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “provincia Québec”
  • Romanian: “Quebec”
  • Romanian: “Québec”
  • Russia Buriat: “Квебек”
  • Russian: “Квебек”
  • Samogitian: “Kvebeks”
  • Sardinian: “Québec”
  • Scots: “Quebec”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Quebec”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Québec”
  • Serbian: “Квебек”
  • Serbian: “Кебек”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Quebec”
  • Shona: “Kebheki”
  • Sicilian: “Québec”
  • Sindhi: “ڪيوبيڪ”
  • Sinhala: “කියුබෙක්”
  • Sinhala: “ක්විබෙක්”
  • Slovak: “Quebec”
  • Slovenian: “Kvebek”
  • Slovenian: “Quebec”
  • Slovenian: “Québec”
  • Somali: “Quebec”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کبئک اوستانی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کبک”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Québec”
  • Spanish: “QC”
  • Spanish: “Québec (Canadá)”
  • Spanish: “Quebec”
  • Spanish: “Québec”
  • Sundanese: “Quebec”
  • Swahili: “Quebec”
  • Swedish: “Quebec”
  • Swedish: “Québec”
  • Swedish: “Quebecprovinsen”
  • Swiss German: “Québec”
  • Tachelhit: “Kibik”
  • Tagalog: “Québec”
  • Tajik: “Квебек”
  • Tamil: “கியூபெக்”
  • Tamil: “குபெக்கு”
  • Tatar: “Квебек”
  • Telugu: “క్యూబెక్”
  • Thai: “รัฐเกแบ็ก”
  • Thai: “รัฐควิเบก”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kiupeki”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Québec”
  • Turkish: “PQ”
  • Turkish: “QC”
  • Turkish: “Quebec Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Quebec, Kanada”
  • Turkish: “Quebec”
  • Turkish: “Québec”
  • Uighur: “Kwébék”
  • Uighur: “كۋېبېك”
  • Ukrainian: “Квебек”
  • Ukrainian: “Кубек”
  • Urdu: “کیوبیک”
  • Uzbek: “Kvebek”
  • Venetian: “Québec”
  • Veps: “Kvebek”
  • Vietnamese: “Québec”
  • Vlaams: “Quebec”
  • Volapük: “Québec”
  • Võro: “Quebec”
  • Walloon: “Kebek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Quebec”
  • Welsh: “Cwebéc”
  • Welsh: “Québec”
  • Western Armenian: “Քեպեք”
  • Western Armenian: “Քեպէգ”
  • Western Frisian: “Kebek”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیوبیک”
  • Wu Chinese: “该办克”
  • Wu Chinese: “魁北克省”
  • Yiddish: “קוויבעק”
  • Yue Chinese: “魁北克”
  • “Chebèch”
  • “Kvebeks”
  • “Quebec”
  • “क्वबेक”

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