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Local Groups in North America

Canada

Ottawa 105 members Quebec 42 members Toronto 570 members Montreal 245 members Vancouver 261 members Mississauga 68 members Vaughan 42 members Calgary 97 members Halifax 25 members Hamilton 29 members Edmonton 40 members Victoria 33 members Waterloo 47 members Kitchener 40 members Regina 5 members

Costa Rica

San Jose 118 members

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo 51 members

Mexico

Puebla 34 members Mexico D.F. 374 members Guadalajara 99 members Estado de Mexico 50 members Monterrey 96 members Zapopan 42 members Queretaro 41 members Merida 11 members Cancun 5 members Tijuana 16 members Mexicali 3 members Chihuahua 2 members

Panama

Panama 22 members

United States

San Jose 224 members Baltimore 80 members San Francisco 538 members New York City 963 members Alexandria 100 members Chicago 360 members Minneapolis 138 members Tempe 101 members Pittsburgh 72 members Salt Lake City 89 members Boston 325 members Tampa 69 members Birmingham 29 members Austin 204 members Charlotte 122 members Seattle 319 members Atlanta 220 members Los Angeles 304 members Ann Arbor 70 members Troy 26 members Madison 91 members San Diego 162 members Houston 122 members Columbus 74 members Cincinnati 65 members Orlando 95 members Sacramento 49 members Indianapolis 61 members Detroit 82 members Denver 181 members Washington 166 members Portland 154 members Dallas 191 members Cary 91 members Mitchell 2 members Louisville 38 members Rochester Minnesota 3 members Las Vegas 28 members Jersey City 102 members San Mateo 56 members St. Louis 61 members Jacksonville 31 members Rochester 43 members Pensacola 14 members Oklahoma City 26 members Columbia 29 members Oakland 142 members Spokane 19 members Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia) 3 members Omaha and Lincoln 30 members Irvine 111 members Fort Wayne 13 members Colorado Springs 28 members Albuquerque 20 members Philadelphia 151 members Northern Virginia (Dulles) 78 members Des Moines 40 members Cleveland 50 members South Florida 112 members Portland 18 members Knoxville 32 members NW Arkansas 21 members Boise 76 members Raleigh 17 members Asbury Park 12 members

Local Groups in Africa

Botswana

Gaborone 5 members

Cameroon

Douala 3 members

Egypt

Alexandria 50 members Cairo 194 members Minofiya 10 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 35 members Lagos 185 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 115 members Johannesburg 264 members Durban 24 members Port Elizabeth 7 members Bloemfontein 4 members Mossel Bay 7 members Stellenbosch 25 members

Tunisia

Gabes 8 members

Uganda

Kampala 7 members

Local Groups in Asia

Armenia

Yerevan 76 members

Azerbaijan

Baku 37 members

Bangladesh

Dhaka 66 members Bangladesh 56 members

China

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

Georgia

Tbilisi 66 members

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 97 members

India

Pune. Maharashtra India 661 members Hyderabad 361 members Chennai 341 members Mumbai 679 members New Delhi 410 members Kolkata 108 members Ghaziabad 58 members Chandigarh 75 members Vadodara 36 members Indore 73 members Dehradun 20 members Guwahati 17 members Ahmedabad 109 members Bhubaneswar 18 members Bengaluru 1603 members Andhra Pradesh 17 members Rajasthan 24 members Kerala 26 members Nagpur 52 members Delhi 168 members Jamshedpur 9 members Mysuru (Mysore) 43 members Ranchi 17 members Kochi 142 members Lucknow 41 members Varanasi 20 members Patiala 11 members Noida 119 members Jaipur 49 members Raipur 15 members Coimbatore 101 members Surat 22 members Panaji 23 members Trivandrum 40 members Jammu and Kashmir 3 members

Indonesia

Jakarta 141 members Yogyakarta 22 members Bandung 32 members

Israel

Tel Aviv 94 members Jerusalem 11 members

Japan

Tokyo 104 members Tsukuba 10 members Kyoto 14 members Ota 7 members

Jordan

Jubaiha 30 members Amman 60 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 42 members

Oman

Muscat 18 members

Pakistan

Karachi 52 members Lahore 55 members Islamabad 38 members Multan 3 members

Palestine

Palestine 12 members

Philippines

Manila 88 members Quezon City 38 members Mandaluyong City 33 members Makati City 69 members Taguig 30 members Pasig 26 members Cebu 21 members Davao 5 members

Qatar

Doha 22 members

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah 38 members Riyadh 156 members Dhahran 22 members

Singapore

Singapore 278 members Nanyang Technological University 41 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 68 members

Thailand

Bangkok 211 members Khlongsamwa 14 members

Turkey

Istanbul 467 members Izmir 98 members Ankara 150 members

United Arab Emirates

Dubai 198 members Abu Dhabi 48 members

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 4 members

Vietnam

Hanoi 109 members Ho Chi Minh City 134 members

Local Groups in Europe

Austria

Linz 30 members Vienna 151 members Graz 26 members Vorarlberg 9 members Klagenfurt 4 members

Belgium

Ghent 51 members Brussels 157 members Liege 11 members Hasselt 31 members

Bulgaria

Sofia 95 members Plovdiv 19 members Varna 13 members

Croatia

Zagreb 64 members

Cyprus

Nicosia 26 members Limassol 9 members

Czech Republic

Prague 77 members Beroun 5 members Brno 23 members

Denmark

Copenhagen 180 members Aarhus 68 members Aalborg 19 members Odense 21 members

Estonia

Tallinn 41 members

Finland

Tampere 26 members Jyvaskyla 6 members Espoo 29 members Helsinki 129 members Oulu 4 members Turku 17 members

France

Paris 208 members Strasbourg 8 members Bordeaux 32 members Nice 14 members Lyon 34 members Marseille 7 members

Germany

Berlin 576 members Cologne 139 members Stuttgart 97 members Dresden 26 members Frankfurt 143 members Braunschweig 22 members Munich 300 members Kiel 8 members Hamburg 152 members Ulm and Neu-Ulm 26 members Nuremberg 63 members Ilmenau 5 members Karlsruhe 66 members Bremen 22 members Duesseldorf 112 members Lindau 4 members

Gibraltar

Gibraltar 12 members

Greece

Athens 127 members Larisa 14 members Thessaloniki 32 members

Hungary

Budapest 98 members

Iceland

Reykjavík 16 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 338 members Bergamo 21 members Benevento 15 members Verona 21 members Bologna 70 members Florence 37 members Alessandria 5 members Pescara 7 members Padua 17 members Siena 12 members Rome 111 members Turin 65 members Catania 13 members Genoa 16 members Cagliari 10 members Castelfranco Veneto 12 members Soave 4 members Bari 9 members Rimini 13 members Venice 9 members Udine 10 members Lamezia Terme 5 members Trento 14 members Palermo 8 members

Latvia

Riga 42 members

Lithuania

Vilnius 55 members

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City 39 members

Malta

Malta 40 members

Moldova, Republic of

Chisinau 13 members

Montenegro

Bar 10 members

Netherlands

Nijmegen 25 members Utrecht 182 members Deventer 25 members Amsterdam 371 members Eindhoven 55 members Rotterdam 119 members Breda 18 members Maastricht 18 members The Hague 59 members Groningen 27 members Soesterberg 10 members

North Macedonia

Bitola 3 members Skopje 21 members

Norway

Gjovik 26 members Oslo 197 members Stavanger 25 members Bergen 4 members

Poland

Poznan 66 members Warsaw 240 members Katowice 52 members Wroclaw 76 members Krakow 121 members Tricity 34 members

Portugal

Coimbra 32 members Porto 185 members Lisbon 317 members Funchal 3 members Braga 43 members Lagos 10 members Leiria 12 members Aveiro 21 members Viseu 1 members Caldas da Rainha 20 members

Romania

Bucharest 145 members Iasi 45 members Cluj-Napoca 61 members Sibiu 10 members Timisoara 18 members

Serbia

Belgrade 100 members Uzice 16 members

Slovakia

Bratislava 47 members

Slovenia

Maribor 11 members Ljubljana 36 members

Spain

Barcelona 335 members Madrid 254 members Vigo 20 members Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 15 members Bilbao 32 members Alicante 17 members Seville 14 members Valencia 53 members Palma de Mallorca 11 members Málaga 37 members

Sweden

Malmo 83 members Orebro 1 members Vaxjo 5 members Karlstad 4 members Stockholm 221 members Umeaa 9 members Gothenburg 85 members Helsingborg 15 members Linkoping 17 members

Switzerland

Zurich 222 members Lugano 22 members Geneva 64 members Winterthur 24 members Bern 72 members

Ukraine

Kyiv 108 members Kharkov 21 members Lviv 68 members Odessa 20 members Dnipro 13 members Zaporizhzhia 4 members

United Kingdom

London 1454 members Gloucester 25 members Aberdeen 8 members Dundee 12 members Edinburgh 120 members Cambridge 74 members Manchester 195 members Newcastle Upon Tyne 55 members Birmingham 126 members Leicester 50 members Lancaster 9 members Bournemouth 16 members Leeds 107 members Horsham 37 members Southampton 34 members Sheffield 30 members Exeter 35 members Oxford 69 members Brighton 69 members Belfast 39 members Thames Valley 67 members Glasgow 68 members Bristol 92 members Liverpool 38 members Stoke-on-Trent 8 members Derby 23 members Cardiff 30 members Reading 19 members East Yorkshire ( Hull) 7 members Warwick 4 members

Local Groups in Oceania

Australia

Melbourne 279 members Sydney 340 members Brisbane 118 members Canberra 42 members Townsville 1 members Perth 55 members Adelaide 34 members Toowoomba 1 members Cabramatta West 9 members

New Zealand

Wellington 42 members Auckland 96 members Rangiora 2 members Christchurch 18 members Tauranga 5 members

Local Groups in South America

Argentina

Mendoza 25 members Buenos Aires 452 members Córdoba 65 members San Luis 13 members Salta 2 members Mar del Plata 19 members Tucumán 6 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 65 members Brasilia 70 members Araraquara 9 members Belem 2 members Rio de Janeiro 150 members Manaus 22 members Curitiba 77 members Sorocaba 11 members Campo Grande 1 members Florianopolis 73 members Maceio 5 members Joinville 13 members Recife 50 members Cacador 1 members Belo Horizonte 87 members Mogi das Cruzes 8 members Ubatuba 3 members Ribeirao Preto 13 members Goiânia 10 members Sao Paulo 595 members Fortaleza 26 members Blumenau 24 members Salvador 20 members Itajubá 2 members Maringá 5 members Pelotas 4 members Balneário Camboriú 3 members

Chile

Santiago of Chile 242 members Temuco 14 members Valparaiso 30 members

Colombia

Barranquilla 20 members Medellin 130 members Bogota 221 members Cali 65 members Armenia 18 members Bucaramanga 6 members

Ecuador

Quito 47 members Guayaquil 25 members

Paraguay

Asuncion 19 members

Peru

Lima 160 members

Uruguay

Montevideo 89 members

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