Altona (Manitoba)

Altona [ æltoʊ.nə ] with 4,088 inhabitants ( as of 2011) a small town in southern Manitoba, about 100 kilometers southwest of Winnipeg, and is located about 133 kilometers north of Grand Forks in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

History

Altona was in the 1870s founded by a group of German-speaking Mennonites who had settled from Russia to Canada. The group decided due to the nutrient-rich farmland near the Red River of the North for this place. The first homestead Altona was built around 1880 and is still preserved as the " Old Altona ". The construction of the transcontinental railway connection of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1982, the city was founded has been greatly affected.

At the turn of the century there were about 200 people in Altona. During the 1920s, the city, however, experienced a wave of migration of Mennonites to Mexico and Paraguay, who were concerned about the preservation of their culture. The population grew, however, only a few years later by immigrants from Russia again.

After the Second World War, Altona experienced the baby boom, causing the population to 1960, increasing to 2,000 people.

Geography

Altona is located in Pembina Valley about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital of Winnipeg at the junction of Highways 30 and 201, the border of the U.S. state of North Dakota is located 11 km south of Altona.

Policy

Mayor of the city is Melvin classes. After he was first elected in 2002, he was re-elected in the 2006 election. Classes is married and has three children.

Others

In Altona Sunflower Festival is held annually the. It is based on the large cultivation of sunflower in Manitoba, Altona which was nicknamed The Sunflower Capital of Canada (Eng. sunflower capital of Canada ). The province has a share of about 85 % of the total sunflower cultivation in Canada.