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| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Amherst, Nova Scotia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Amherst is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, approximately 194 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
 | | Amherst is within a two-hour drive to the Nova Scotia provincial capital of Halifax (1hour, 30minutes from Halifax International Airport) and 40 minutes away from a major airport at Moncton, N.B. The town is just 45 minutes from the Confederation Bridge, which links New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island. |
 | | The Province of Nova Scotia is divided into two dioceses: the Archdiocese of Halifax, which embraces the eleven westernmost counties of the province; and the Diocese of Antigonish, which embraces the four counties on Cape Breton Island, and the Counties of Guysborough, Pictou, and Antigonish on the peninsula. |
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