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Cahaba

Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of , United States, from 1820 to 1825. It was the county seat of until 1866.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Alabama, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Cahaba, Alabama” and “Catawba”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

Photo: Altairisfar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic church, built during the 1850s at Cahaba, the first capital of , United States, from 1820 to 1826.

Cahaba

Latitude
32.31688° or 32° 19′ 1″ north
Longitude
-87.10295° or 87° 6′ 11″ west
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
864J8V8W+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153603552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4052954
Wiki­data ID
Q2933087
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Cahaba” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡哈巴”
  • Dutch: “Cahaba”
  • Dutch: “Cahawba”
  • French: “Cahaba”
  • French: “Cahawba”
  • German: “Cahaba”
  • Haitian: “Cahaba”
  • Indonesian: “Cahaba, alabama”
  • Indonesian: “Cahaba, Alabama”
  • Indonesian: “Cahaba”
  • Indonesian: “Cahawba”
  • Portuguese: “Cahaba”
  • Spanish: “Cahaba”
  • Welsh: “Cahaba, Alabama”
  • Welsh: “Cahaba”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Cahawba Archaeological Park Visitor’s Center and Old Cahawba Archaeological Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cahaba”. Photo: Altairisfar, CC BY-SA 3.0.