Sangudo

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Sangudo
Hamlet
Sangudo sign.jpg
Sundial at the highway entrance of Sangudo
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Sangudo
Location of Sangudo
Coordinates: 53°53′17″N114°54′0″W / 53.88806°N 114.90000°W / 53.88806; -114.90000
CountryCanada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census Division No. 13
Municipal district Lac Ste. Anne County
Government
  MayorWilliam Hegy
  Governing body
  • Ross Bohnet
  • Wayne Borle
  • Dwight Davidson
  • Lloyd Glebelhaus
  • William Hegy
  • Robert Kohn
  • Lorne Olsvik
Area
 (2021) [1]
  Land2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
680 m (2,230 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total
298
  Density106.3/km2 (275/sq mi)
Demonym Sangudoite
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Highways 43
757
Waterways Pembina River
Website Official website

Sangudo is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. [3] It is located on Highway 43 and the Pembina River, approximately 99 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Edmonton.

Contents

Sangudo was formerly incorporated as a village on April 12, 1937, but dissolved and reverted to hamlet status effective September 16, 2007. [4]

Building in Sangudo Flea-Market-Building-Sangundo-(AB)-with-Cowboys.jpg
Building in Sangudo

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sangudo had a population of 298 living in 153 of its 178 total private dwellings, a change of

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sangudo had a population of 299 living in 137 of its 171 total private dwellings, a change of

Industry

The main sources of revenue for the hamlet are tourism from traffic along Highway 43, oil production, and agriculture (mostly cattle ranching).

Attractions

The hamlet is the home to the closed Sangudo Speedway, a high-banked dirt oval that is a quarter-mile long. Sangudo also features a sundial tourist monument that can be seen from Highway 43. There is amazing camping at Deep Creek Campground right on the Pembina River.

Notable people

See also

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