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This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Orkney (disambiguation)
Orkney (disambiguation)
Orkney may refer to:Scotland*Orkney, an archipelago in Scotland, also known as the Orkney Islands**Mainland, Orkney, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago...

Orkney No. 244, Saskatchewan, is a rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

of 1,702 rural residents (2006 census) in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The RM was incorporated January 1, 1913. Other localities in the area include the city of Yorkton

Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Yorkton is a city located in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Founded and incorporated in 1882 by a group of settlers from Ontario, it has grown to 15,038 residents as of the 2006 census. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244 and the Rural...

, the town of Springside

Springside, Saskatchewan

Springside is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located northwest of the city of Yorkton.-Demographics:-Education:Springside has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 8 in the Good Spirit School Division. Enrollment for 2008 is 95 students...

, the villages of Ebenezer

Ebenezer, Saskatchewan

Ebenezer is a Canadian village in the province of Saskatchewan, with an estimated population in 2006 of 139. It is located 18 km north of the city of Yorkton, on Highway 9 in the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244...

and Willowbrook

Willowbrook, Saskatchewan

Willowbrook is a community in Saskatchewan....

, and the hamlet of Orcadia.

A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.

Statistics

Area statistics

Lat 51° 14' 40" N
Long 102° 33' 59" W
Time zone (est) UTC-6
UTC-6
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