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Alexander

Alexander County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,240. Its county seat is and its western boundary is formed by the .
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  • Type: County with 8,240 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Alexander County”, “Alexander County, IL”, and “Alexander County, Illinois”

Alexander

Latitude
37.1802° or 37° 10′ 49″ north
Longitude
-89.3503° or 89° 21′ 1″ west
Population
8,240
Elevation
384 feet (117 metres)
Open location code
869G5JJX+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952666
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4232592
Wiki­data ID
Q108851
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Alexander” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alexander County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أليكزاندر”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه أليكزاندر، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Alexander”
  • Basque: “Alexander konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Alexander County”
  • Belarusian: “Алегзандэр (акруга, Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Алегзандэр”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলেকজান্ডার কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলেকজান্ডার কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Александър”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Alexander”
  • Cebuano: “Alexander County”
  • Chechen: “Алегзандер (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Алегзандер”
  • Chinese: “Alexander Kūn”
  • Chinese: “亚历山大县”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山大縣”
  • Czech: “Alexander County”
  • Dutch: “Alexander County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Alexander”
  • Estonian: “Alexanderi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Alexanderin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Alexander”
  • French: “Comté d’Alexander”
  • Georgian: “ალექსანდერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Alexander County”
  • Gilaki: “الکساندر ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “الکساندر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Αλεξάντερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλεξάντερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלכסנדר”
  • Hungarian: “Alexander megye”
  • Indonesian: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Alexander County”
  • Irish: “Contae Alexander”
  • Italian: “contea di Alexander”
  • Italian: “Contea di Alexander”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンダー郡”
  • Japanese: “アレグザンダー郡”
  • Korean: “알렉산더군”
  • Latin: “Alexander Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Alexander County”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांडर काउंटी, इलिनॉय”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांडर काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “الکساندر شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “الکساندر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Alexander Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alexander Kūn”
  • Newari: “अलेक्जेन्दर काउन्ति, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “अलेक्जेन्दर काउन्ति”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alexander County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexander County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexander County”
  • Norwegian: “Alexander County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الکساندر، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الکساندر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Alexander”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Alexander”
  • Romanian: “Alexander County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alexander, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alexander”
  • Russian: “Алегзандер”
  • Russian: “Александер”
  • Russian: “Александр”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Alexander”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alexander County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Александер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alexander County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Alexander (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Alexander”
  • Swedish: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Alexander County”
  • Tatar: “Алегзандер (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Алегзандер”
  • Turkish: “Alexander County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Alexander County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Alexander County”
  • Turkish: “Alexander ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Alexander ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Alexander ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Alexander ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Александер”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈر کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Alexander”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alexander, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alexander”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alexander, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alexander”
  • Welsh: “Alexander County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Alexander County”
  • Western Panjabi: “الیگزنڈر کاؤنٹی”

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