:Ponoka County

{{short description|Municipal district in Alberta, Canada}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Ponoka County

| other_name =

| native_name =

| nickname =

| settlement_type = Municipal district

| motto =

| image_skyline = Oil Derrick, near Ponoka, Alberta, Canada.jpg

| image_caption = Pump jack near Ponoka

| image_map =

{{Location map+ |CAN AB Ponoka

|caption =

|float = center

|places =

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Ponoka

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = bottom

|lat_deg = 52.683333

|lon_deg = -113.566667}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Rimbey

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg

|marksize = 8

|label_size = 110

|position = left

|lat_deg = 52.633333

|lon_deg = -114.216667}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Bluffton

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = right

|lat_deg = 52.749444

|lon_deg = -114.291667}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Hoadley

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = right

|lat_deg = 52.846944

|lon_deg = -114.3725}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Leedale

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = bottom

|lat_deg = 52.581944

|lon_deg = -114.469722}}

{{Location map~ |CAN AB Ponoka

|label = Maskwacîs

|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg

|marksize = 4

|position = top

|lat_deg = 52.826667

|lon_deg = -113.451667}}

}}

| image_map1 = AB locator PONOKA COUNTY.svg

| mapsize1 = 200

| map_caption1 = Location within Alberta

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alberta

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta

| subdivision_type3 = Census division

| subdivision_name3 = 8

| government_footnotes = {{AMOS}}

| government_type =

| leader_title = Reeve

| leader_name = Paul McLauchlin

| leader_title1 = Governing body

| leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list|title=Ponoka County Council

| 1 = Nancy Hartford |2=Bryce Liddle |3=Mark Matejka |4=Paul McLauchlin |5=Doug Weir}}

| leader_title2 = CAO

| leader_name2 = Charlie Cutforth

| leader_title3 = Administrative office

| leader_name3 = Ponoka

|leader_title4 = MP

|leader_name4 = Blaine Calkins

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1944

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = 1952

| area_footnotes =  (2021)

| area_land_km2 = 2807.99

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes =

| population_note =

| population_total = 9998

| population_density_km2 = 3.6

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −7

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −6

| elevation_footnotes =

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| website = {{URL|www.ponokacounty.com|ponokacounty.com}}

| footnotes =

}}

Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers {{convert|721396|acre|km2|0}} and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta".[http://www.ponokacounty.com Ponoka County official site]