Alta Vista

Alta Vista is a city in , , United States. The population was 227 at the 2020 census. The town was first named Elk Creek, but was changed to Alta Vista, meaning "high view" in Spanish.
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  • Type: Village with 227 residents
  • Description: city in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: Alta Vista, IA” and “Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Postal code: 50603

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elma and North Washington.

Village
is a city in , United States. The population was 505 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles north of Alta Vista.

Hamlet
is a city in , , United States. The population was 112 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 6 miles south of Alta Vista.

Alta Vista

Latitude
43.19844° or 43° 11′ 54″ north
Longitude
-92.41699° or 92° 25′ 1″ west
Population
227
Elevation
1,152 feet (351 metres)
Open location code
86M95HXM+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151695306
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4846736
Wiki­data ID
Q1914581
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Alta Vista” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ألتا فيستا
  • Basque: Alta Vista
  • Catalan: Alta Vista
  • Cebuano: Alta Vista
  • Chechen: Альта-Виста
  • Chinese: Alta Vista
  • Chinese: 阿爾塔維斯塔
  • Danish: Alta Vista
  • Dutch: Alta Vista
  • Egyptian Arabic: التا فيستا
  • French: Alta Vista
  • Georgian: ალტა-ვისტა
  • German: Alta Vista
  • Gilaki: التا ویستا (آیؤوا)
  • Gilaki: التا ویستا
  • Haitian: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Haitian: Alta Vista
  • Ido: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Ido: Alta Vista
  • Irish: Alta Vista
  • Italian: Alta Vista
  • Kazakh: Alta Vïsta
  • Kazakh: Алта Виста
  • Kazakh: التا ۆىيستا
  • Kirghiz: Алта Виста
  • Ladin: Alta Vista
  • Malagasy: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Malagasy: Alta Vista
  • Mazanderani: آلتا ویستا (آیووا)
  • Mazanderani: آلتا ویستا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alta Vista
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alta Vista
  • Norwegian: Alta Vista
  • Persian: آلتا ویستا، آیووا
  • Persian: آلتا ویستا
  • Polish: Alta Vista
  • Portuguese: Alta Vista
  • Serbian: Alta Vista
  • Serbian: Алта Виста
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alta Vista
  • South Azerbaijani: آلتا ویستا، آیووا
  • Spanish: Alta Vista
  • Swedish: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Swedish: Alta Vista
  • Tatar: Альта-Виста
  • Ukrainian: Альта-Віста
  • Urdu: التا وسٹا، آئیووا
  • Urdu: التا وسٹا
  • Uzbek: Alta Vista
  • Uzbek: Алта Виста
  • Vietnamese: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Vietnamese: Alta Vista
  • Volapük: Alta Vista
  • Welsh: Alta Vista, Iowa
  • Welsh: Alta Vista

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