Alta
Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census.- 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.
Alta
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Nokomis Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “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”
- Russian: “Алта”
- 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”
- Vietnamese: “Alta, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Alta”
- Volapük: “Alta”
- Welsh: “Alta, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Alta”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Casino Beach and Hanover.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Evangelical Free Church and Alta City Police Department.
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