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West University Place

West University Place, often called West University or West U for short, is a city located in the U.S. state of within the Houston metropolitan area and southwestern .
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  • Type: Town with 15,100 residents
  • Description: city in Harris County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: “West U”, “West University Place, Texas”, and “West University Place, TX”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakewood Church Central Campus and Edwards Greenway Palace 24.

Church
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The is the main facility of Lakewood Church, a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch in , , five miles southwest of and next to Greenway Plaza.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

School
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St. Mark's Episcopal School is a private primary and secondary school located in the Cambridge Place development and in West University Place, Texas, in Greater Houston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southside Place and Rice Village.

Village
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is a city in west central , , United States. The population was 1,835 at the 2020 census. As of the 2000 census, is the 13th wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income.

Neighborhood
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is a shopping district in Houston, Texas, United States. is a collection of shops, restaurants and pubs, situated about a half-mile west of the center of Rice University's 300-acre campus.

Town
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is a city in southwestern , United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 17,202. is situated 1½ miles southwest of West University Place.

West University Place

Latitude
29.71801° or 29° 43′ 5″ north
Longitude
-95.43383° or 95° 26′ 2″ west
Population
15,100
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
76X6PH98+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151459173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4741100
Wiki­data ID
Q982459
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“West University Place” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست يونيفرسيتي بلايس”
  • Basque: “West University Place”
  • Catalan: “West University Place”
  • Cebuano: “West University Place”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Юниверсити-Плейс”
  • Chinese: “West University Place”
  • Croatian: “West University Place”
  • Czech: “West University Place”
  • Danish: “West University Place”
  • Dutch: “West University Place”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويسانت يونيفرسيتى بلايس”
  • French: “West University Place”
  • German: “West University Place”
  • Gilaki: “وست یۊنيورسيتي پلیس”
  • Greek: “Γουέστ Γιουνιβέρσιτι Πλέις”
  • Haitian: “West University Place, Texas”
  • Haitian: “West University Place”
  • Hungarian: “West University Place”
  • Irish: “West University Place”
  • Italian: “West University Place”
  • Ladin: “West University Place”
  • Malagasy: “West University Place, Texas”
  • Malagasy: “West University Place”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West University Place”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West University Place”
  • Persian: “وست یونیورسیتی پلیس، تگزاس”
  • Persian: “وست یونیورسیتی پلیس”
  • Polish: “West University Place”
  • Portuguese: “West University Place”
  • Serbian: “Вест Јуниверсити Плејс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West University Place, Texas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West University Place”
  • Slovak: “West University Place”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وست یونیورسیتی پلیس، تکزاس”
  • Spanish: “West University Place (Texas)”
  • Spanish: “West University Place”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Юниверсити-Плейс”
  • Turkish: “West University Place, Teksas”
  • Turkish: “West University Place”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Юніверсіті-Плейс”
  • Uzbek: “West University Place”
  • Uzbek: “Wест Университй Плаcе”
  • Vietnamese: “West University Place, Texas”
  • Vietnamese: “West University Place”
  • Volapük: “West University Place”
  • Welsh: “West University Place, Texas”
  • Welsh: “West University Place”

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Highlights include Scout Building and Friends Park.

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