Southern region
Covers more than 114,000 sq km, slightly larger than Nova Scotia. Home to half Alberta's population. Major centres: Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Rolling plains and coulees in the east, to mountain peaks in the west. Region includes most of the South Saskatchewan River basin and all of the Milk River basin.
Elaborate irrigation infrastructure and long sunlight hours have promoted agriculture as a dominant force in the regional economy: market gardens, greenhouses, livestock operations (dairy, cattle, swine, poultry, and exotics), dry land and irrigated farmland (on which a wide variety of cultivated crops are grown) and ranching.
Industries: oil and gas development, agricultural processing, timber harvesting, hydroelectricity, mining, service industry, recreation and tourism.
Elaborate irrigation infrastructure and long sunlight hours have promoted agriculture as a dominant force in the regional economy: market gardens, greenhouses, livestock operations (dairy, cattle, swine, poultry, and exotics), dry land and irrigated farmland (on which a wide variety of cultivated crops are grown) and ranching.
Industries: oil and gas development, agricultural processing, timber harvesting, hydroelectricity, mining, service industry, recreation and tourism.
Southern Region District Offices
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Southern Region - Calgary District |
Southern Region - Lethbridge District |
