Alta

Alta is a city in , United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 2,090 residents
  • Description: city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: Alta, IA” and “Alta, Iowa
  • Postal code: 51002

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Storm Lake.

is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 11,269 in the 2020 census, an increase from 10,076 in the 2000 census.

Alta

Latitude
42.67369° or 42° 40′ 25″ north
Longitude
-95.30399° or 95° 18′ 14″ west
Population
2,090
Elevation
1,490 feet (454 metres)
Open location code
86J6MMFW+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151628482
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4846729
Wiki­data ID
Q1913550
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Alta” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Alta
  • Arabic: ألتا
  • Basque: Alta
  • Catalan: Alta
  • Cebuano: Alta
  • Chechen: Альта
  • Chinese: Alta
  • Chinese: 阿爾塔
  • Czech: Alta
  • Danish: Alta
  • Dutch: Alta
  • Egyptian Arabic: التا
  • French: Alta
  • Georgian: ალტა
  • German: Alta
  • Gilaki: آلتا (آیؤوا)
  • Gilaki: آلتا
  • Haitian: Alta, Iowa
  • Haitian: Alta
  • Ido: Alta, Iowa
  • Ido: Alta
  • Irish: Alta
  • Italian: Alta
  • Japanese: アルタ
  • Kazakh: Alta
  • Kazakh: Алта
  • Kazakh: التا
  • Kirghiz: Алта
  • Ladin: Alta
  • Malagasy: Alta, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Alta
  • Mazanderani: آلتا (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: آلتا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alta
  • Norwegian: Alta
  • Persian: آلتا
  • Polish: Alta
  • Portuguese: Alta
  • Serbian: Алта
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alta, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alta
  • Slovak: Alta
  • South Azerbaijani: آلتا، آیووا
  • Spanish: Alta
  • Tatar: Альта
  • Turkish: Alta, Iowa
  • Turkish: Alta
  • Ukrainian: Альта
  • Urdu: التا، آئیووا
  • Urdu: التا
  • Uzbek: Alta
  • Uzbek: Алта
  • Vietnamese: Alta, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Alta
  • Volapük: Alta
  • Welsh: Alta, Iowa
  • Welsh: Alta

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