Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of ; its eastern border is formed by the . At the 2020 census, the population was 81,710.
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  • Type: County with 75,700 residents
  • Description: county in Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: Cape Girardeau County”, “Cape Girardeau County, Missouri”, and “Cape Girardeau County, MO

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jackson.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau-Jackson metropolitan area Area. The population of was 15,481 at the 2020 census.

Cape Girardeau

Latitude
37.3999° or 37° 23′ 60″ north
Longitude
-89.6918° or 89° 41′ 31″ west
Population
75,700
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
Open location code
869G98X5+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316970561
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4379968
Wiki­data ID
Q484740
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Cape Girardeau” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cape Girardeau County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة كيب غيراردو
  • Arabic: مقاطعه كيب غيراردو، ميزوري
  • Armenian: Քեյպ Ջիրարդո շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Cape Girardeau
  • Basque: Cape Girardeau konderria
  • Bavarian: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Bavarian: Cape Girardeau County
  • Bishnupriya: কেপ গিরারদিউ কাউন্টি, মিসৌরি
  • Bishnupriya: কেপ গিরারদিউ কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Кейп Жирардо
  • Catalan: comtat de Cape Girardeau
  • Cebuano: Cape Girardeau County
  • Chechen: Кейп-Жирардо (гуо, Миссури)
  • Chechen: Кейп-Жирардо
  • Chinese: Cape Girardeau Kūn
  • Chinese: 开普吉拉多县
  • Chinese: 開普吉拉多縣
  • Dutch: Cape Girardeau County
  • Estonian: Cape Girardeau maakond
  • Finnish: Cape Girardeaun piirikunta
  • French: comté de Cap Girardeau
  • French: Comté de Cap Girardeau
  • French: Comté de Cap-Girardeau
  • French: Comté de Cape Girardeau
  • Ganda: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Ganda: Cape Girardeau County
  • Georgian: კეიპ-ჟირარდოს ოლქი
  • German: Cape Girardeau County
  • Gilaki: کاپ گیرارداو شأرستان (ميزؤري)
  • Gilaki: کاپ گیرارداو شأرستان
  • Hungarian: Cape Girardeau megye
  • Irish: Contae Cape Girardeau
  • Italian: contea di Cape Girardeau
  • Italian: Contea di Cape Girardeau
  • Japanese: ケープ・ジラード郡
  • Japanese: ケープジラード郡
  • Korean: 케이프지라도군
  • Low German: Cape Girardeau County
  • Mazanderani: کاپ گیرارداو شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cape Girardeau Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cape Girardeau Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cape Girardeau County
  • Norwegian: Cape Girardeau County
  • Persian: شهرستان کاپ گیرارداو، میزوری
  • Persian: شهرستان کاپ گیرارداو
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Cape Girardeau
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cape Girardeau
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cape Girardeau
  • Russian: Кейп-Джирардо
  • Russian: Кейп-Жирардо
  • Sardinian: contea de Cape Girardeau
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cape Girardeau County
  • Serbian: Округ Кејп Џирардо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cape Girardeau County
  • Spanish: Condado de Cape Girardeau (Misuri)
  • Spanish: Condado de Cape Girardeau
  • Swedish: Cape Girardeau County
  • Tatar: Кейп-Жирардо (округ, Миссури)
  • Tatar: Кейп-Жирардо
  • Tumbuka: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Tumbuka: Cape Girardeau County
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau County, Mo.
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau County, MO
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau County
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau ilçesi, Missouri
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau ilçesi, Mo.
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau ilçesi, MO
  • Turkish: Cape Girardeau ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Кейп-Джірардо
  • Urdu: کیپ جیرادو کاؤنٹی، مسوری
  • Urdu: کیپ جیرادو کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Cape Girardeau
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cape Girardeau
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cape Girardeau
  • Welsh: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Welsh: Cape Girardeau County
  • Western Panjabi: کیپ گیرارڈیوا کاؤنٹی

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