Cynthia, Alberta

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cynthia

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| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cynthia

| 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 = 11

| subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

| subdivision_name4 = Brazeau County

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| government_type = Unincorporated

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| leader_name1 = Brazeau County Council

| established_title = Established

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| population_as_of = 2005

| population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://library.brazeau.ab.ca/index.php/council-agendas/2005-council-agendas/2661-council-agenda-2005-08-30/file | title=Regular Council Meeting | publisher=Brazeau County | page=47 (PDF page 70) | date=August 30, 2005 | access-date=September 25, 2021}}

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| population_total = 50

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| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = −07:00

| timezone_DST = MDT

| utc_offset_DST = −06:00

| coordinates = {{coord|53|16|58|N|115|25|22|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 923

| postal_code_type = Postal code

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| area_code = 780, 587, 825

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Cynthia is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County.{{AltaML}} It is located approximately {{convert|37|km}} south of Highway 16 and {{convert|131|km}} southwest of Edmonton.

Cynthia previously held new town status for almost three years, having incorporated as a new town on June 1, 1956,{{cite web | url=http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3106491 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160724034809/http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3106491 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 24, 2016 | title=The Alberta Gazette, 1956 (Volume 52) – Order in Council 783–56: New Town of Cynthia Established | publisher=Government of Alberta | pages=1122–1123 | date=June 11, 1956 | access-date=October 11, 2015 }} but dissolving on May 1, 1959.{{cite web | url=http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3113584 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160724034810/http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3113584 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 24, 2016 | title=The Alberta Gazette, 1959 (Volume 55) – Order in Council 760/59: Dissolution of the Town of Cynthia | publisher=Government of Alberta | page=911 | date=May 19, 1959 | access-date=October 11, 2015 }}