The residents of Okanagan Falls, B.C., have narrowly voted in favour of creating a new municipality to represent the community in the southern Interior, preliminary referendum results on Saturday show. 

Okanagan Falls, located approximately 60 kilometres south of Kelowna and 260 km east of Vancouver, dubs itself the "heart of wine country" and is home to around 2,700 residents.

Of them, 1,100 voted in the referendum, with 53 per cent in favour of incorporation, according to initial results.

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