Sangudo | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sangudo |
Coordinates: | 53.8881°N -114.9°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 13 |
Subdivision Name4: | Lac Ste. Anne County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 680 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 2.8 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 298 |
Population Density Km2: | 106.3 |
Population Demonym: | Sangudoite |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | 43 757 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Pembina River |
Sangudo is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located on Highway 43 and the Pembina River, approximately 99km (62miles) northwest of Edmonton.
Sangudo was formerly incorporated as a village on April 12, 1937, but dissolved and reverted to hamlet status effective September 16, 2007.[2]
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 from its 2016 population of 299. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
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 from its 2011 population of 320. With a land area of 2.72km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The main sources of revenue for the hamlet are tourism from traffic along Highway 43, oil production, and agriculture (mostly cattle ranching).
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.