Jena

Jena is a town in, and the parish seat of, , United States. The population was 4,155 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 2,870 residents
  • Description: parish seat of La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: Hemp Creek”, “Hemps Creek”, “Jena, LA”, and “Jena, Louisiana
  • Postal code: 71342

Places of Interest

Highlights include LaSalle Detention Center.

Prison
Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center is an immigration detention facility operated by the GEO Group and located at 830 Pinehill Road, about two miles northwest of downtown Jena, . is situated 2 miles northwest of Jena.

Jena

Latitude
31.68323° or 31° 40′ 60″ north
Longitude
-92.13375° or 92° 8′ 2″ west
Population
2,870
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US JNA
Open location code
8639MVM8+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151342850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4329021
Wiki­data ID
Q1017042
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Jena” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جينا
  • Basque: Jena
  • Catalan: Jena
  • Cebuano: Jena
  • Chechen: Джена
  • Chinese: Jena
  • Chinese: 耶拿
  • Czech: Jena
  • Dutch: Jena
  • French: Jena
  • German: Jena
  • Gilaki: جینا (لۊئيزيانا)
  • Gilaki: جینا
  • Haitian: Jena, Lwizyana
  • Haitian: Jena
  • Hausa: Jena
  • Hungarian: Jena
  • Irish: Jena
  • Italian: Jena
  • Ladin: Jena
  • Malayalam: ജെന, ലൂയിസിയാന
  • Mazanderani: یینا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jena
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jena
  • Norwegian: Jena
  • Persian: یینا، لوئیزیانا
  • Persian: یینا
  • Polish: Jena
  • Portuguese: Jena
  • Romanian: Jena, Louisiana
  • Romanian: Jena
  • Russian: Джена
  • Serbian: Јејна
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jena, Louisiana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jena
  • Slovak: Jena
  • Slovenian: Jena
  • South Azerbaijani: جنا، لوئیزیانا
  • Spanish: Jena (Luisiana)
  • Spanish: Jena
  • Swedish: Jena, Louisiana
  • Swedish: Jena
  • Talysh: Čena
  • Tatar: Джена
  • Ukrainian: Джена
  • Volapük: Jena
  • Welsh: Jena, Louisiana
  • Welsh: Jena

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