page_title: Central Plains Region
section_title: Major communities
hierarchical_section_title: Central Plains Region / Major communities
caption_attribution_description: The Happy Rock in Gladstone, Manitoba. The nearby church has a sign reading: Thanksgiving is good.
context_page_description: The Central Plains Region is located in the south central part of the Canadian province of Manitoba, directly west of Winnipeg. It is bounded on the south by the Pembina Valley Region; on the east by the No. 8, No. 9, and No. 10, which together have a total land area of 10,656.86 square kilometres. The region had a population of 48,289 people at the 2001 census.
context_section_description: Gladstone
  MacGregor
  Notre Dame de Lourdes
  Portage la Prairie
  St. Claude
  Treherne
caption: Happy Rock in Gladstone
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