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Merritt, British Columbia (location 50.113987° N 120.79147° W) is a city located in the Nicola Valley in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The City's total land area is 24.9 square kilometers and its elevation is 595 meters (1,950 ft.).

Ranching, farming, forestry, transportation and tourism are the primary industries. Merritt is the nearest large community to the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Canada's largest working cattle ranch. A number of lumber mills operate from Merritt, though recent efforts have been made to remove working mills from the downtown core due to air quality concerns. Merritt hosts a yearly Merritt Mountain Music Festival that draws more than 120,000 people every July. The Mountain Music Festival, combined with the development of the Merritt Walk of Stars - a display of bronzed handprints of Mountainfest artists placed around the community - and other tourism development activities have been used to solidify the city's branding as the Country Music Capital of Canada. It is the centre of three branches of the Coquihalla Highways. A newer feature in Merritt is the Pacific Forest Rally, an off-road rally conducted as part of the Canadian Rally Championship series every October. The annual Thunderbird Rally often begins and ends in Merritt.

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