Kandahar
Candahar Post Office | |
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 The road into Kandahar in May 2003 | |
  Kandahar Location within Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′29″N 104°21′43″W / 51.7581°N 104.3619°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipality | Big Quill |
| Federal Electoral District | Regina—Qu'Appelle |
| Provincial Constituency | Arm River |
| Founded by | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Named for | Kandahar |
| Government | |
| • Member of the Legislative Assembly | Dana Skoropad, (SP) |
| • Member of Parliament | Andrew Scheer |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
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Kandahar is a hamlet in Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 20 in the Canada 2016 Census.[4] Located on Highway 16 near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, the community was named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[citation needed] The hamlet is too small to be enumerated on its own, so its population belongs to the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308. It is located near the south shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on March 21, 2005, retrieved April 24, 2007
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007, retrieved April 24, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007, retrieved April 24, 2007
- ^ Canada 2016 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan