Harahan
Harahan is a city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; it is a suburb of New Orleans. Its population was 9,116 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,240 residents
- Description: suburb city of New Orleans, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Harahan, LA” and “Harahan, Louisiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jefferson Parish Library and Jefferson Performing Arts Center.
Jefferson Parish Library
Library
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Jefferson Parish Library is the library system of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It has its headquarters in the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie, an unincorporated area in the parish.
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Arts center
The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is a 1,041-seat live event venue located in Jefferson Parish in Metairie, Louisiana. The venue was designed to host grand operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and private or corporate events. Jefferson Performing Arts Center is situated 2½ miles north of Harahan.
Gold Mine on Airline
Stadium
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Gold Mine on Airline, formerly Shrine on Airline, is a 10,000-seat stadium in Metairie, Louisiana, United States, a suburb of New Orleans. It is home field for the New Orleans Gold team in Major League Rugby. Gold Mine on Airline is situated 2½ miles north of Harahan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmwood and River Ridge.
Elmwood
Village
Jefferson is an unincorporated area in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish along the East Bank the Mississippi River, just upriver from New Orleans. Jefferson has few attractions, but is close to New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and main visitor attraction.
River Ridge
Neighborhood
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River Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of New Orleans. The population was 13,591 in 2020. River Ridge is situated 1½ miles northwest of Harahan.
Waggaman
Town
Waggaman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Waggaman is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. Waggaman is situated 1½ miles south of Harahan.
Harahan
Latitude
29.94048° or 29° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
-90.20313° or 90° 12′ 11″ westPopulation
9,240Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)United Nations Location Code
US HRJOpen location code
76XFWQRW+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 151415276OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Harahan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هاراهان”
- Basque: “Harahan”
- Bulgarian: “Харахан”
- Catalan: “Harahan”
- Cebuano: “Harahan”
- Chechen: “Гараган”
- Chinese: “Harahan”
- Chinese: “哈拉罕”
- Czech: “Harahan”
- Danish: “Harahan”
- Dutch: “Harahan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هاراهان”
- French: “Harahan”
- German: “Harahan”
- Gilaki: “هاراهان (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “هاراهان”
- Haitian: “Harahan, Lwizyana”
- Haitian: “Harahan”
- Irish: “Harahan”
- Italian: “Harahan”
- Ladin: “Harahan”
- Mazanderani: “هرهن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Harahan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harahan”
- Norwegian: “Harahan”
- Persian: “هرهن، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “هرهن”
- Polish: “Harahan”
- Portuguese: “Harahan”
- Serbian: “Harahan”
- Serbian: “Харахан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Harahan, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Harahan”
- Slovak: “Harahan”
- South Azerbaijani: “هرهن، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Harahan (Luisiana)”
- Spanish: “Harahan”
- Tatar: “Гараган”
- Turkish: “Harahan, Louisiana”
- Turkish: “Harahan”
- Ukrainian: “Гараган”
- Uzbek: “Harahan”
- Volapük: “Harahan”
- Welsh: “Harahan, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Harahan”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avondale and Bridge City.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faith Lutheran Church and Saint Rita of Cascia Catholic Church.
Jefferson Parish: Must-Visit Destinations
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