Westwego
Westwego is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Jefferson Parish. It is a suburban community of New Orleans in the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area and lies along the west bank of the Mississippi River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: suburb city of New Orleans, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Salaville”, “Westwego, LA”, and “Westwego, Louisiana”
- Postal codes: 70094 and 70096
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manning Family Children’s and Alario Center.
Manning Family Children’s
Hospital
Manning Family Children's formerly known as Children's Hospital of New Orleans is a non-profit, pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alario Center
Sports venue
The John A. Alario Sr. Event Center, commonly shortened as the Alario Center, is a 2,400-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Westwego, Louisiana, USA.
Bayou Segnette State Park
Park
Bayou Segnette State Park is located in Westwego, Jefferson Parish, southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Bayou Segnette is not far from the urban center of New Orleans, yet it features access to two types of wetlands, swamp and marsh. Bayou Segnette State Park is situated 1½ miles southwest of Westwego.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Audubon and University and Black Pearl.
Audubon and University
Photo: InSapphoWeTrust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Audubon and University District of New Orleans is the location of the city's famous Audubon Park including the Audubon Zoo, Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans.
Black Pearl
Quarter
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Black Pearl is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: South Carrollton Avenue and St. Black Pearl is situated 2½ miles north of Westwego.
Bridge City
Hamlet
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Jefferson Parish is in Louisiana, in the Greater New Orleans region. The parish seat is Gretna, located on the Westbank. Bridge City is situated 2½ miles northwest of Westwego.
Westwego
Latitude
29.90604° or 29° 54′ 22″ northLongitude
-90.1423° or 90° 8′ 32″ westPopulation
10,000Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WWOOpen location code
76XFWV45+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151849880OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Westwego” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويستويغو”
- Basque: “Westwego”
- Catalan: “Westwego”
- Cebuano: “Westwego”
- Chechen: “Вествиго”
- Chinese: “Westwego”
- Chinese: “韦斯特维戈”
- Czech: “Westwego”
- Danish: “Westwego”
- Dutch: “Westwego”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويستويجو”
- French: “Westwego”
- German: “Westwego”
- Gilaki: “وستوگو (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “وستوگو”
- Haitian: “Westwego, Lwizyana”
- Haitian: “Westwego”
- Irish: “Westwego”
- Italian: “Westwego”
- Ladin: “Westwego”
- Mazanderani: “وستوگو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westwego”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Westwego”
- Norwegian: “Westwego”
- Persian: “وستوگو”
- Persian: “وستویگوو، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “وستویگوو”
- Polish: “Westwego”
- Portuguese: “Westwego”
- Serbian: “Вествиго”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westwego, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Westwego”
- Slovak: “Westwego”
- South Azerbaijani: “وستوقو، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Westwego (Luisiana)”
- Spanish: “Westwego”
- Tatar: “Вествиго”
- Turkish: “Westwego, Louisiana”
- Turkish: “Westwego”
- Ukrainian: “Вествіго”
- Vietnamese: “Westwego, Louisiana”
- Vietnamese: “Westwego”
- Volapük: “Westwego”
- Welsh: “Westwego, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Westwego”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Walkertown and Greenville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Westwego Police Station and First Baptist Church of Westwego.
Jefferson Parish: Must-Visit Destinations
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