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Local Groups in North America

Canada

Ottawa 101 members Toronto 529 members Montreal 252 members Vancouver 243 members Mississauga 71 members Vaughan 46 members Calgary 82 members Halifax 28 members Hamilton 26 members Edmonton 37 members Victoria 28 members Waterloo 61 members Regina 8 members

Costa Rica

San Jose 119 members

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo 51 members

El Salvador

San Salvador 5 members

Jamaica

Kingston 7 members

Mexico

Puebla 31 members Mexico D.F. 340 members Guadalajara 94 members Estado de Mexico 43 members Monterrey 76 members Zapopan 35 members Queretaro 32 members Merida 9 members Cancun 4 members Tijuana 12 members Mexicali 2 members Chihuahua 3 members

Panama

Panama 19 members

United States

San Jose 216 members Baltimore 70 members San Francisco 510 members New York City 904 members Alexandria 95 members Chicago 396 members Minneapolis 137 members Tempe 98 members Pittsburgh 66 members Salt Lake City 82 members Boston 320 members Tampa 66 members Austin 204 members Charlotte 112 members Seattle 301 members Atlanta 242 members Los Angeles 289 members San Diego 151 members Houston 118 members Columbus 115 members Orlando 97 members Sacramento 49 members Indianapolis 55 members Detroit 114 members Denver 161 members Washington 162 members Portland 134 members Dallas 198 members Louisville 26 members Las Vegas 29 members Jersey City 103 members San Mateo 69 members St. Louis 52 members Jacksonville 48 members Rochester 38 members Oklahoma City 26 members Columbia 22 members Oakland 128 members Omaha and Lincoln 25 members Irvine 107 members Fort Wayne 12 members Colorado Springs 23 members Albuquerque 21 members Philadelphia 142 members Northern Virginia (Dulles) 77 members Des Moines 34 members Cleveland 40 members South Florida 108 members Portland 21 members Knoxville 28 members NW Arkansas 27 members Boise 94 members Raleigh 85 members Asbury Park 17 members Providence 12 members

Local Groups in Africa

Botswana

Gaborone 5 members

Cameroon

Douala 2 members

Egypt

Alexandria 47 members Cairo 177 members Minofiya 10 members

Gabon

Libreville 1 members

Ghana

Accra 29 members

Kenya

Nairobi 54 members

Mauritius

Quatre-Bornes 3 members

Morocco

Rabat 17 members Casablanca 32 members Agadir 2 members

Mozambique

Maputo 4 members

Nigeria

Abuja 29 members Lagos 130 members Port Harcourt 9 members Kaduna 3 members Ibadan 7 members Warri 2 members

Rwanda

Kigali 5 members

South Africa

Cape Town 159 members Pretoria 97 members Johannesburg 241 members Durban 14 members Port Elizabeth 4 members Bloemfontein 3 members Mossel Bay 6 members Stellenbosch 26 members

Tunisia

Tunis 11 members

Uganda

Kampala 7 members

Local Groups in Asia

Yangon 9 members

Armenia

Yerevan 66 members

Azerbaijan

Baku 40 members

Bangladesh

Dhaka 53 members Bangladesh 46 members

China

Beijing 21 members Shanghai 55 members Guangzhou 17 members

Georgia

Tbilisi 62 members

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 93 members

India

Pune. Maharashtra India 630 members Hyderabad 314 members Chennai 325 members Mumbai 594 members New Delhi 358 members Kolkata 100 members Ghaziabad 56 members Chandigarh 68 members Vadodara 30 members Indore 61 members Dehradun 23 members Guwahati 10 members Ahmedabad 97 members Bhubaneswar 22 members Bengaluru 1401 members Andhra Pradesh 12 members Rajasthan 21 members Kerala 21 members Nagpur 48 members Delhi 152 members Jamshedpur 10 members Mysuru (Mysore) 43 members Ranchi 19 members Kochi 128 members Lucknow 32 members Varanasi 25 members Patiala 8 members Noida 109 members Jaipur 50 members Raipur 16 members Coimbatore 92 members Surat 16 members Panaji 16 members Trivandrum 38 members Jammu and Kashmir 4 members Shillong 3 members Saurashtra 4 members

Indonesia

Jakarta 114 members Yogyakarta 23 members Bandung 28 members

Israel

Tel Aviv 81 members Jerusalem 13 members

Japan

Tokyo 91 members Tsukuba 8 members Kyoto 14 members Ota 6 members

Jordan

Jubaiha 26 members Amman 48 members

Kazakhstan

Almaty 7 members

Kuwait

Kuwait City 10 members

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur 83 members Seri Kembangan 7 members Georgetown 12 members Selangor 7 members

Nepal

Kathmandu 45 members

Oman

Muscat 21 members

Pakistan

Karachi 43 members Lahore 47 members Islamabad 38 members Multan 3 members

Palestine

Palestine 12 members

Philippines

Manila 74 members Quezon City 30 members Mandaluyong City 26 members Makati City 56 members Taguig 31 members Pasig 19 members Cebu 16 members Davao 3 members San Juan 1 members Zamboanga 1 members Bulacan 1 members Laguna 6 members

Qatar

Doha 16 members

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah 37 members Riyadh 156 members Dammam 17 members

Singapore

Singapore 247 members Nanyang Technological University 35 members

South Korea

Seocho-dong 11 members Seoul 37 members Seongnam 13 members

Sri Lanka

Colombo 64 members Ja-Ela 4 members Malabe 15 members

Taiwan

Taipei 58 members

Thailand

Bangkok 184 members Khlongsamwa 13 members

Turkey

Istanbul 449 members Izmir 91 members Ankara 146 members Antalya 2 members

United Arab Emirates

Dubai 202 members Abu Dhabi 50 members

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 1 members

Vietnam

Hanoi 94 members Ho Chi Minh City 143 members

Local Groups in Europe

Albania

Shkodër (Shkodra) 6 members

Austria

Linz 24 members Vienna 150 members Graz 21 members Klagenfurt 4 members Salzburg 2 members

Belgium

Ghent 44 members Brussels 144 members Liege 12 members Hasselt 24 members Antwerp 6 members

Bulgaria

Sofia 83 members Plovdiv 12 members Varna 11 members

Croatia

Zagreb 53 members

Cyprus

Nicosia 26 members Limassol 19 members

Czech Republic

Prague 76 members Brno 25 members

Denmark

Copenhagen 152 members Aarhus 62 members Aalborg 18 members Odense 16 members

Estonia

Tallinn 43 members

Finland

Tampere 29 members Jyvaskyla 10 members Espoo 28 members Helsinki 133 members Oulu 8 members Turku 19 members

France

Paris 172 members Strasbourg 8 members Bordeaux 32 members Nice 15 members Lyon 33 members Marseille 8 members

Germany

Berlin 506 members Cologne 124 members Stuttgart 80 members Dresden 24 members Frankfurt 142 members Braunschweig 22 members Munich 263 members Kiel 12 members Hamburg 138 members Ulm and Neu-Ulm 23 members Nuremberg 58 members Ilmenau 5 members Karlsruhe 57 members Bremen 19 members Duesseldorf 105 members Lindau 9 members Tuttlingen 3 members Heilbronn 4 members

Greece

Athens 119 members Larisa 18 members Thessaloniki 26 members

Hungary

Budapest 88 members

Iceland

Reykjavík 12 members

Ireland

Dublin 201 members Waterford 14 members Cork 39 members Letterkenny 9 members Galway 10 members

Isle of Man

Isle of Man 3 members

Italy

Milan 308 members Bergamo 16 members Benevento 7 members Verona 19 members Bologna 69 members Florence 34 members Pescara 7 members Padua 16 members Siena 12 members Rome 99 members Turin 54 members Catania 14 members Genoa 15 members Cagliari 7 members Castelfranco Veneto 14 members Bari 9 members Rimini 10 members Venice 16 members Udine 8 members Trento 19 members Palermo 10 members Naples 6 members

Latvia

Riga 32 members

Lithuania

Vilnius 49 members

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City 35 members

Malta

Malta 33 members

Moldova, Republic of

Chisinau 15 members

Montenegro

Bar 8 members

Netherlands

Nijmegen 28 members Utrecht 159 members Deventer 30 members Amsterdam 336 members Eindhoven 52 members Rotterdam 103 members Breda 17 members Maastricht 18 members The Hague 63 members Groningen 25 members Soesterberg 7 members Enschede 8 members

North Macedonia

Skopje 16 members

Norway

Gjovik 28 members Oslo 170 members Stavanger 20 members Bergen 16 members Agder 1 members

Poland

Poznan 47 members Warsaw 197 members Katowice 39 members Wroclaw 58 members Krakow 100 members Tricity 28 members

Portugal

Coimbra 36 members Porto 175 members Lisbon 289 members Funchal 4 members Braga 36 members Lagos 8 members Leiria 16 members Aveiro 21 members Caldas da Rainha 19 members Algarve 5 members

Romania

Bucharest 109 members Iasi 32 members Cluj-Napoca 51 members Sibiu 12 members Timisoara 16 members

Serbia

Belgrade 82 members Uzice 14 members

Slovakia

Bratislava 38 members

Slovenia

Maribor 8 members Ljubljana 27 members

Spain

Barcelona 303 members Madrid 226 members Vigo 17 members Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 13 members Bilbao 26 members Alicante 14 members Seville 13 members Valencia 53 members Palma de Mallorca 8 members Málaga 30 members A Coruña 9 members Almeria 4 members Zaragoza 4 members

Sweden

Malmo 73 members Orebro 3 members Vaxjo 8 members Karlstad 6 members Stockholm 209 members Umeaa 9 members Gothenburg 87 members Helsingborg 11 members Linkoping 12 members

Switzerland

Zurich 194 members Lugano 27 members Geneva 68 members Winterthur 23 members Bern 65 members Basel 2 members

Ukraine

Kyiv 91 members Kharkov 19 members Lviv 57 members Odessa 19 members Dnipro 8 members Zaporizhzhia 4 members

United Kingdom

London 1268 members Gloucester 27 members Aberdeen 8 members Dundee 10 members Edinburgh 103 members Cambridge 60 members Manchester 178 members Newcastle Upon Tyne 52 members Birmingham 107 members Leicester 37 members Lancaster 9 members Bournemouth 17 members Leeds 92 members Horsham 29 members Southampton 38 members Sheffield 27 members Exeter 34 members Oxford 70 members Brighton 60 members Belfast 37 members Thames Valley 65 members Glasgow 51 members Bristol 90 members Liverpool 38 members Stoke-on-Trent 8 members Derby 22 members Cardiff 32 members Reading 22 members East Yorkshire ( Hull) 9 members Warwick 11 members Bath 3 members Galashiels 2 members

Local Groups in Oceania

Australia

Melbourne 268 members Sydney 310 members Brisbane 109 members Canberra 36 members Perth 51 members Adelaide 30 members Toowoomba 2 members Cabramatta West 10 members

New Zealand

Wellington 36 members Auckland 89 members Christchurch 18 members Tauranga 4 members

Local Groups in South America

Argentina

Mendoza 22 members Buenos Aires 413 members Córdoba 63 members San Luis 16 members Salta 1 members Mar del Plata 21 members Tucumán 5 members Rosario 7 members

Bolivia

Santa Cruz de la Sierra 6 members Cochabamba 9 members La Paz 5 members

Brazil

Campinas 69 members Bauru 20 members Porto Alegre 64 members Brasilia 61 members Araraquara 10 members Belem 2 members Rio de Janeiro 138 members Manaus 18 members Curitiba 82 members Sorocaba 11 members Campo Grande 3 members Florianopolis 53 members Maceio 3 members Joinville 13 members Recife 44 members Cacador 2 members Belo Horizonte 83 members Mogi das Cruzes 11 members Ubatuba 2 members Ribeirao Preto 14 members Goiânia 13 members Sao Paulo 502 members Fortaleza 28 members Blumenau 20 members Salvador 26 members Itajubá 1 members Maringá 6 members Pelotas 4 members Balneário Camboriú 2 members São José do Rio Preto 1 members Ourinhos 1 members

Chile

Santiago of Chile 213 members Temuco 11 members Valparaiso 27 members

Colombia

Barranquilla 16 members Medellin 114 members Bogota 193 members Cali 52 members Armenia 15 members Bucaramanga 5 members

Ecuador

Quito 39 members Guayaquil 21 members

Paraguay

Asuncion 22 members

Peru

Lima 140 members

Uruguay

Montevideo 83 members

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