Virden
Virden is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba".
- Type: Town with 3,110 residents
- Description: town in Manitoba, Canada
- Also known as: “Virden (Manitoba)”, “Virden, Manitoba”, “Virden, MB”, and “ورڈن, مینی ٹوبا”
Virden
- Category: locality
- Location: Prairie Mountain, Manitoba, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.8485° or 49° 50′ 55″ north
Longitude
-100.9323° or 100° 55′ 56″ west
Population
3,110
Elevation
442 metres (1,450 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA VRD
Open location code
85XXR3X9+C3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Virden” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Virden”
- Catalan: “Virden”
- Cebuano: “Virden”
- Dutch: “Virden”
- French: “Virden”
- German: “Virden”
- Italian: “Virden”
- Japanese: “バーデン”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Virden”
- Persian: “وردین، منیتوبا”
- Persian: “وردین”
- Russian: “Верден”
- Serbian: “Верден”
- Spanish: “Virden”
- Swedish: “Virden, Manitoba”
- Swedish: “Virden”
- Turkish: “Virden, Manitoba”
- Turkish: “Virden”
- Ukrainian: “Верден”
- Urdu: “ورڈن، مینی ٹوبا”
- Vietnamese: “Virden”
- “Virden”
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