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Local Groups in North America

Canada

Ottawa 103 members Quebec 42 members Toronto 571 members Montreal 240 members Vancouver 261 members Mississauga 68 members Vaughan 41 members Calgary 96 members Halifax 25 members Hamilton 29 members Edmonton 40 members Victoria 33 members Waterloo 48 members Kitchener 41 members Regina 6 members

Costa Rica

San Jose 119 members

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo 51 members

Mexico

Puebla 35 members Mexico D.F. 375 members Guadalajara 101 members Estado de Mexico 48 members Monterrey 96 members Zapopan 42 members Queretaro 43 members Merida 12 members Cancun 5 members Tijuana 16 members Mexicali 3 members Chihuahua 2 members

Panama

Panama 22 members

United States

San Jose 226 members Baltimore 80 members San Francisco 538 members New York City 953 members Alexandria 103 members Chicago 360 members Minneapolis 138 members Tempe 101 members Pittsburgh 73 members Salt Lake City 88 members Boston 324 members Tampa 71 members Birmingham 29 members Austin 204 members Charlotte 123 members Seattle 319 members Atlanta 219 members Los Angeles 305 members Ann Arbor 70 members Troy 27 members Madison 92 members San Diego 159 members Houston 119 members Columbus 73 members Cincinnati 66 members Orlando 97 members Sacramento 48 members Indianapolis 61 members Detroit 83 members Denver 185 members Washington 164 members Portland 154 members Dallas 191 members Cary 88 members Mitchell 2 members Louisville 38 members Rochester Minnesota 3 members Las Vegas 27 members Jersey City 101 members San Mateo 56 members St. Louis 62 members Jacksonville 32 members Rochester 43 members Pensacola 14 members Oklahoma City 27 members Columbia 29 members Oakland 140 members Spokane 20 members Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia) 3 members Omaha and Lincoln 30 members Irvine 111 members Fort Wayne 13 members Colorado Springs 29 members Albuquerque 20 members Philadelphia 150 members Northern Virginia (Dulles) 77 members Des Moines 40 members Cleveland 50 members South Florida 111 members Portland 18 members Knoxville 31 members NW Arkansas 21 members Boise 76 members Raleigh 15 members Asbury Park 11 members

Local Groups in Africa

Botswana

Gaborone 5 members

Cameroon

Douala 3 members

Egypt

Alexandria 49 members Cairo 191 members Minofiya 9 members

Ghana

Accra 21 members

Kenya

Nairobi 62 members

Mauritius

Quatre-Bornes 5 members

Morocco

Rabat 25 members Casablanca 40 members Agadir 2 members

Mozambique

Maputo 3 members

Nigeria

Abuja 38 members Lagos 184 members Port Harcourt 11 members Kaduna 7 members Ibadan 8 members Warri 3 members

Rwanda

Kigali 6 members

South Africa

Cape Town 171 members Pretoria 114 members Johannesburg 266 members Durban 24 members Port Elizabeth 7 members Bloemfontein 4 members Mossel Bay 7 members Stellenbosch 25 members

Tunisia

Gabes 7 members

Uganda

Kampala 6 members

Local Groups in Asia

Armenia

Yerevan 76 members

Azerbaijan

Baku 38 members

Bangladesh

Dhaka 65 members Bangladesh 56 members

China

Beijing 30 members Hangzhou 5 members Shanghai 57 members Guangzhou 19 members Wuhan 4 members

Georgia

Tbilisi 67 members

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 96 members

India

Pune. Maharashtra India 666 members Hyderabad 358 members Chennai 345 members Mumbai 690 members New Delhi 411 members Kolkata 108 members Ghaziabad 58 members Chandigarh 76 members Vadodara 36 members Indore 74 members Dehradun 20 members Guwahati 17 members Ahmedabad 110 members Bhubaneswar 17 members Bengaluru 1613 members Andhra Pradesh 16 members Rajasthan 24 members Kerala 26 members Nagpur 52 members Delhi 169 members Jamshedpur 9 members Mysuru (Mysore) 43 members Ranchi 16 members Kochi 142 members Lucknow 40 members Varanasi 20 members Patiala 11 members Noida 119 members Jaipur 48 members Raipur 15 members Coimbatore 100 members Surat 22 members Panaji 23 members Trivandrum 40 members Jammu and Kashmir 3 members

Indonesia

Jakarta 138 members Yogyakarta 21 members Bandung 33 members

Israel

Tel Aviv 93 members Jerusalem 11 members

Japan

Tokyo 103 members Tsukuba 10 members Kyoto 14 members Ota 7 members

Jordan

Jubaiha 32 members Amman 62 members

Kazakhstan

Almaty 9 members

Kuwait

Kuwait City 12 members

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur 88 members Seri Kembangan 7 members Georgetown 15 members Selangor 5 members

Myanmar

Yangon 10 members

Nepal

Kathmandu 43 members

Oman

Muscat 18 members

Pakistan

Karachi 53 members Lahore 55 members Islamabad 38 members Multan 3 members

Palestine

Palestine 12 members

Philippines

Manila 89 members Quezon City 38 members Mandaluyong City 35 members Makati City 69 members Taguig 30 members Pasig 27 members Cebu 21 members Davao 5 members

Qatar

Doha 22 members

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah 38 members Riyadh 154 members Dhahran 22 members

Singapore

Singapore 282 members Nanyang Technological University 44 members

South Korea

Seocho-dong 9 members Seoul 41 members Seongnam 11 members

Sri Lanka

Colombo 59 members Ja-Ela 5 members Malabe 9 members

Taiwan

Taipei 67 members

Thailand

Bangkok 210 members Khlongsamwa 13 members

Turkey

Istanbul 466 members Izmir 99 members Ankara 149 members

United Arab Emirates

Dubai 196 members Abu Dhabi 48 members

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 4 members

Vietnam

Hanoi 110 members Ho Chi Minh City 135 members

Local Groups in Europe

Austria

Linz 30 members Vienna 151 members Graz 26 members Vorarlberg 9 members Klagenfurt 3 members

Belgium

Ghent 50 members Brussels 156 members Liege 11 members Hasselt 31 members

Bulgaria

Sofia 94 members Plovdiv 20 members Varna 13 members

Croatia

Zagreb 65 members

Cyprus

Nicosia 26 members Limassol 9 members

Czech Republic

Prague 77 members Beroun 5 members Brno 23 members

Denmark

Copenhagen 179 members Aarhus 67 members Aalborg 18 members Odense 20 members

Estonia

Tallinn 41 members

Finland

Tampere 26 members Jyvaskyla 6 members Espoo 29 members Helsinki 131 members Oulu 4 members Turku 16 members

France

Paris 207 members Strasbourg 8 members Bordeaux 32 members Nice 14 members Lyon 34 members Marseille 7 members

Germany

Berlin 581 members Cologne 140 members Stuttgart 97 members Dresden 26 members Frankfurt 147 members Braunschweig 21 members Munich 303 members Kiel 8 members Hamburg 151 members Ulm and Neu-Ulm 26 members Nuremberg 63 members Ilmenau 5 members Karlsruhe 68 members Bremen 22 members Duesseldorf 112 members Lindau 4 members

Gibraltar

Gibraltar 12 members

Greece

Athens 128 members Larisa 14 members Thessaloniki 32 members

Hungary

Budapest 100 members

Iceland

Reykjavík 15 members

Ireland

Dublin 209 members Waterford 13 members Cork 40 members Letterkenny 9 members Galway 11 members

Isle of Man

Isle of Man 3 members

Italy

Milan 350 members Bergamo 22 members Benevento 15 members Verona 22 members Bologna 72 members Florence 35 members Alessandria 6 members Pescara 7 members Padua 17 members Siena 12 members Rome 112 members Turin 65 members Catania 13 members Genoa 16 members Cagliari 9 members Castelfranco Veneto 12 members Soave 4 members Bari 9 members Rimini 14 members Venice 9 members Udine 10 members Lamezia Terme 5 members Trento 14 members Palermo 8 members

Latvia

Riga 43 members

Lithuania

Vilnius 56 members

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City 39 members

Malta

Malta 40 members

Moldova, Republic of

Chisinau 12 members

Montenegro

Bar 10 members

Netherlands

Nijmegen 25 members Utrecht 186 members Deventer 24 members Amsterdam 376 members Eindhoven 56 members Rotterdam 119 members Breda 18 members Maastricht 19 members The Hague 60 members Groningen 27 members Soesterberg 10 members

North Macedonia

Bitola 3 members Skopje 20 members

Norway

Gjovik 26 members Oslo 195 members Stavanger 25 members Bergen 4 members

Poland

Poznan 67 members Warsaw 241 members Katowice 53 members Wroclaw 76 members Krakow 121 members Tricity 34 members

Portugal

Coimbra 32 members Porto 185 members Lisbon 316 members Funchal 3 members Braga 42 members Lagos 10 members Leiria 12 members Aveiro 20 members Viseu 1 members Caldas da Rainha 20 members

Romania

Bucharest 146 members Iasi 44 members Cluj-Napoca 64 members Sibiu 10 members Timisoara 18 members

Serbia

Belgrade 100 members Uzice 16 members

Slovakia

Bratislava 46 members

Slovenia

Maribor 11 members Ljubljana 35 members

Spain

Barcelona 338 members Madrid 252 members Vigo 20 members Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 14 members Bilbao 32 members Alicante 18 members Seville 15 members Valencia 53 members Palma de Mallorca 11 members Málaga 38 members

Sweden

Malmo 82 members Orebro 1 members Vaxjo 5 members Karlstad 4 members Stockholm 220 members Umeaa 8 members Gothenburg 85 members Helsingborg 15 members Linkoping 17 members

Switzerland

Zurich 224 members Lugano 22 members Geneva 66 members Winterthur 24 members Bern 72 members

Ukraine

Kyiv 108 members Kharkov 21 members Lviv 67 members Odessa 21 members Dnipro 13 members Zaporizhzhia 4 members

United Kingdom

London 1460 members Gloucester 24 members Aberdeen 8 members Dundee 12 members Edinburgh 119 members Cambridge 73 members Manchester 200 members Newcastle Upon Tyne 55 members Birmingham 126 members Leicester 49 members Lancaster 9 members Bournemouth 16 members Leeds 112 members Horsham 37 members Southampton 35 members Sheffield 30 members Exeter 35 members Oxford 70 members Brighton 69 members Belfast 39 members Thames Valley 68 members Glasgow 66 members Bristol 92 members Liverpool 38 members Stoke-on-Trent 8 members Derby 23 members Cardiff 31 members Reading 18 members East Yorkshire ( Hull) 7 members Warwick 4 members

Local Groups in Oceania

Australia

Melbourne 282 members Sydney 345 members Brisbane 118 members Canberra 42 members Townsville 1 members Perth 55 members Adelaide 34 members Toowoomba 1 members Cabramatta West 10 members

New Zealand

Wellington 42 members Auckland 95 members Rangiora 2 members Christchurch 18 members Tauranga 5 members

Local Groups in South America

Argentina

Mendoza 25 members Buenos Aires 453 members Córdoba 65 members San Luis 13 members Salta 2 members Mar del Plata 20 members Tucumán 5 members

Bolivia

Santa Cruz de la Sierra 8 members Cochabamba 3 members La Paz 2 members

Brazil

Campinas 75 members Bauru 15 members Porto Alegre 67 members Brasilia 70 members Araraquara 9 members Belem 2 members Rio de Janeiro 149 members Manaus 22 members Curitiba 77 members Sorocaba 11 members Campo Grande 1 members Florianopolis 73 members Maceio 5 members Joinville 14 members Recife 50 members Cacador 1 members Belo Horizonte 86 members Mogi das Cruzes 8 members Ubatuba 3 members Ribeirao Preto 13 members Goiânia 11 members Sao Paulo 597 members Fortaleza 25 members Blumenau 25 members Salvador 20 members Itajubá 2 members Maringá 6 members Pelotas 4 members Balneário Camboriú 3 members

Chile

Santiago of Chile 244 members Temuco 15 members Valparaiso 30 members

Colombia

Barranquilla 20 members Medellin 131 members Bogota 224 members Cali 64 members Armenia 17 members Bucaramanga 6 members

Ecuador

Quito 47 members Guayaquil 25 members

Paraguay

Asuncion 19 members

Peru

Lima 160 members

Uruguay

Montevideo 91 members

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