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Local Groups in North America

Canada

Ottawa 104 members Quebec 43 members Toronto 576 members Montreal 239 members Vancouver 264 members Mississauga 66 members Vaughan 40 members Calgary 97 members Halifax 25 members Hamilton 29 members Edmonton 40 members Victoria 34 members Waterloo 49 members Kitchener 40 members Regina 6 members

Costa Rica

San Jose 122 members

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo 51 members

Mexico

Puebla 35 members Mexico D.F. 378 members Guadalajara 102 members Estado de Mexico 49 members Monterrey 97 members Zapopan 42 members Queretaro 42 members Merida 13 members Cancun 6 members Tijuana 16 members Mexicali 3 members Chihuahua 2 members

Panama

Panama 22 members

United States

San Jose 226 members Baltimore 79 members San Francisco 533 members New York City 955 members Alexandria 104 members Chicago 360 members Minneapolis 137 members Tempe 101 members Pittsburgh 73 members Salt Lake City 89 members Boston 326 members Tampa 72 members Birmingham 29 members Austin 207 members Charlotte 123 members Seattle 321 members Atlanta 219 members Los Angeles 305 members Ann Arbor 70 members Troy 28 members Madison 91 members San Diego 158 members Houston 118 members Columbus 72 members Cincinnati 66 members Orlando 96 members Sacramento 48 members Indianapolis 60 members Detroit 84 members Denver 185 members Washington 162 members Portland 155 members Dallas 190 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 63 members Jacksonville 34 members Rochester 43 members Pensacola 14 members Oklahoma City 28 members Columbia 29 members Oakland 141 members Spokane 20 members Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia) 3 members Omaha and Lincoln 29 members Irvine 110 members Fort Wayne 12 members Colorado Springs 29 members Albuquerque 20 members Philadelphia 151 members Northern Virginia (Dulles) 79 members Des Moines 40 members Cleveland 50 members South Florida 111 members Portland 18 members Knoxville 29 members NW Arkansas 21 members Boise 75 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 189 members Minofiya 9 members

Ghana

Accra 20 members

Kenya

Nairobi 62 members

Mauritius

Quatre-Bornes 5 members

Morocco

Rabat 26 members Casablanca 41 members Agadir 2 members

Mozambique

Maputo 3 members

Nigeria

Abuja 38 members Lagos 187 members Port Harcourt 11 members Kaduna 7 members Ibadan 8 members Warri 3 members

Rwanda

Kigali 6 members

Seychelles

Mahe 0 members

South Africa

Cape Town 173 members Pretoria 113 members Johannesburg 266 members Durban 24 members Port Elizabeth 7 members Bloemfontein 4 members Mossel Bay 7 members Stellenbosch 25 members

Tanzania, United Republic of

Dar Es Salaam 0 members

Tunisia

Gabes 7 members

Uganda

Kampala 6 members

Local Groups in Asia

Armenia

Yerevan 76 members

Azerbaijan

Baku 38 members

Bangladesh

Dhaka 66 members Bangladesh 56 members

China

Beijing 31 members Hong Kong 12 members Hangzhou 5 members Shanghai 57 members Guangzhou 19 members Wuhan 4 members

Georgia

Tbilisi 68 members

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 96 members

India

Pune. Maharashtra India 665 members Hyderabad 359 members Chennai 343 members Mumbai 690 members New Delhi 413 members Kolkata 107 members Ghaziabad 58 members Chandigarh 78 members Vadodara 36 members Indore 73 members Dehradun 19 members Guwahati 17 members Ahmedabad 111 members Bhubaneswar 15 members Bengaluru 1618 members Andhra Pradesh 16 members Rajasthan 24 members Kerala 26 members Nagpur 53 members Delhi 170 members Jamshedpur 9 members Mysuru (Mysore) 43 members Ranchi 16 members Kochi 140 members Lucknow 40 members Varanasi 19 members Patiala 11 members Noida 118 members Jaipur 49 members Raipur 14 members Coimbatore 100 members Surat 21 members Panaji 23 members Trivandrum 40 members Jammu and Kashmir 3 members

Indonesia

Jakarta 136 members Yogyakarta 21 members Bandung 35 members

Israel

Tel Aviv 89 members Jerusalem 11 members Tel-Aviv 19 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

Kulim 0 members 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 52 members Lahore 53 members Islamabad 37 members Multan 2 members

Palestine

Palestine 12 members

Philippines

Manila 91 members Quezon City 39 members Mandaluyong City 37 members Makati City 71 members Taguig 31 members Pasig 29 members Cebu 21 members Davao 5 members

Qatar

Doha 22 members

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah 38 members Riyadh 152 members Dhahran 22 members

Singapore

Singapore 280 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 68 members

Thailand

Bangkok 208 members Khlongsamwa 13 members

Turkey

Istanbul 465 members Izmir 101 members Ankara 147 members

United Arab Emirates

Dubai 193 members Abu Dhabi 47 members

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 4 members

Vietnam

Hanoi 110 members Ho Chi Minh City 135 members

Local Groups in Europe

Austria

Linz 30 members Vienna 152 members Graz 27 members Vorarlberg 9 members Klagenfurt 3 members

Belgium

Ghent 50 members Brussels 157 members Liege 11 members Hasselt 31 members

Bulgaria

Sofia 94 members Plovdiv 20 members Varna 13 members

Croatia

Zagreb 68 members

Cyprus

Nicosia 26 members Limassol 9 members

Czech Republic

Prague 78 members Beroun 5 members Brno 23 members

Denmark

Copenhagen 179 members Aarhus 67 members Aalborg 18 members Odense 21 members Slagelse 0 members

Estonia

Tallinn 41 members

Finland

Tampere 26 members Jyvaskyla 6 members Espoo 29 members Helsinki 132 members Oulu 4 members Turku 16 members

France

Paris 209 members Strasbourg 8 members Bordeaux 32 members Nice 14 members Lyon 35 members Marseille 7 members

Germany

Berlin 579 members Cologne 138 members Stuttgart 95 members Dresden 26 members Frankfurt 150 members Braunschweig 21 members Munich 303 members Kiel 9 members Hamburg 152 members Ulm and Neu-Ulm 26 members Nuremberg 64 members Ilmenau 5 members Karlsruhe 68 members Bremen 21 members Duesseldorf 111 members Lindau 4 members

Gibraltar

Gibraltar 12 members

Greece

Athens 127 members Larisa 13 members Thessaloniki 31 members

Hungary

Budapest 100 members

Iceland

Reykjavík 15 members

Ireland

Dublin 212 members Waterford 13 members Cork 40 members Letterkenny 9 members Galway 11 members

Isle of Man

Isle of Man 3 members

Italy

Milan 348 members Bergamo 21 members Benevento 14 members Verona 22 members Bologna 73 members Florence 35 members Alessandria 6 members Pescara 7 members Padua 18 members Siena 12 members Rome 111 members Turin 65 members Catania 13 members Genoa 15 members Cagliari 9 members Castelfranco Veneto 12 members Soave 5 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 41 members

Moldova, Republic of

Chisinau 13 members

Montenegro

Bar 11 members

Netherlands

Nijmegen 24 members Utrecht 184 members Deventer 25 members Amsterdam 376 members Eindhoven 58 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 198 members Stavanger 25 members Bergen 3 members

Poland

Poznan 67 members Warsaw 242 members Katowice 51 members Wroclaw 77 members Krakow 121 members Tricity 34 members

Portugal

Coimbra 31 members Porto 183 members Lisbon 315 members Funchal 3 members Braga 41 members Lagos 10 members Leiria 12 members Aveiro 20 members Viseu 1 members Caldas da Rainha 19 members

Romania

Bucharest 147 members Iasi 45 members Cluj-Napoca 67 members Sibiu 11 members Timisoara 19 members

Serbia

Belgrade 100 members Uzice 16 members

Slovakia

Bratislava 46 members

Slovenia

Maribor 11 members Ljubljana 36 members

Spain

Barcelona 340 members Madrid 251 members Vigo 21 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 36 members

Sweden

Malmo 84 members Orebro 1 members Vaxjo 5 members Karlstad 4 members Stockholm 225 members Umeaa 8 members Gothenburg 86 members Helsingborg 16 members Linkoping 18 members

Switzerland

Zurich 224 members Lugano 22 members Geneva 67 members Winterthur 24 members Bern 72 members

Ukraine

Kyiv 107 members Kharkov 21 members Lviv 67 members Odessa 21 members Dnipro 13 members Zaporizhzhia 4 members

United Kingdom

London 1465 members Gloucester 24 members Aberdeen 8 members Dundee 12 members Edinburgh 121 members Cambridge 73 members Manchester 200 members Newcastle Upon Tyne 55 members Birmingham 125 members Leicester 49 members Lancaster 9 members Bournemouth 16 members Leeds 112 members Horsham 36 members Southampton 35 members Sheffield 30 members Exeter 37 members Oxford 70 members Brighton 69 members Belfast 39 members Thames Valley 68 members Glasgow 66 members Bristol 91 members Liverpool 37 members Stoke-on-Trent 8 members Derby 23 members Cardiff 31 members Reading 17 members East Yorkshire ( Hull) 7 members Warwick 4 members

Local Groups in Oceania

Australia

Melbourne 283 members Sydney 349 members Brisbane 119 members Canberra 42 members Townsville 1 members Perth 55 members Adelaide 35 members Toowoomba 2 members Cabramatta West 10 members Hobart 0 members

French Polynesia

Teavaro 0 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 64 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 69 members Brasilia 69 members Araraquara 9 members Belem 2 members Rio de Janeiro 150 members Manaus 22 members Curitiba 81 members Sorocaba 11 members Campo Grande 1 members Florianopolis 74 members Maceio 5 members Joinville 16 members Recife 51 members Cacador 1 members Belo Horizonte 85 members Mogi das Cruzes 8 members Ubatuba 3 members Ribeirao Preto 13 members Goiânia 10 members Sao Paulo 598 members Fortaleza 25 members Blumenau 26 members Salvador 20 members Itajubá 2 members Maringá 6 members Pelotas 4 members Balneário Camboriú 3 members

Chile

Santiago of Chile 246 members Temuco 15 members Valparaiso 30 members

Colombia

Barranquilla 19 members Medellin 131 members Bogota 225 members Cali 65 members Armenia 17 members Cartagena 0 members Bucaramanga 6 members

Ecuador

Quito 47 members Guayaquil 25 members

Paraguay

Asuncion 19 members

Peru

Lima 161 members

Uruguay

Montevideo 90 members

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