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Buchanan

Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,565. Its county seat is . The county was created in 1837 and was named in honor of Senator James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States.
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  • Type: County with 20,600 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Buchanan County”, “Buchanan County, IA”, and “Buchanan County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Independence.

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is a city in, and the county seat of, Buchanan County, , United States. The population was 6,064 at the 2020 census.

Buchanan

Latitude
42.4635° or 42° 27′ 49″ north
Longitude
-91.8449° or 91° 50′ 42″ west
Population
20,600
Elevation
971 feet (296 metres)
Open location code
86JCF574+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4849598
Wiki­data ID
Q115396
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Buchanan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Buchanan County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بوتشانان، آيوا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بوكانان”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه بوكانان، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Բյուկենան շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Buchanan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bukenen (dairə, Ayova)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bukenen”
  • Basque: “Buchanan konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Buchanan County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Buchanan County”
  • Bishnupriya: “বুচানান কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “বুচানান কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Бюканън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Buchanan”
  • Cebuano: “Buchanan County”
  • Chechen: “Бьюкенен (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Бьюкенен”
  • Chinese: “Buchanan Kūn”
  • Chinese: “布坎南县”
  • Chinese: “布坎南縣”
  • Czech: “Buchanan County”
  • Czech: “okres Buchanan”
  • Dutch: “Buchanan County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Buchanan”
  • Estonian: “Buchanani maakond”
  • Finnish: “Buchananin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Buchanan”
  • French: “Comté de Buchanan”
  • Georgian: “ბიუკენენის ოლქი”
  • German: “Buchanan County”
  • Gilaki: “بیوکانان ٚ شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “بیوکانان ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπιουκάναν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ביוקנן”
  • Hungarian: “Buchanan megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Buchanan”
  • Italian: “contea di Buchanan”
  • Italian: “Contea di Buchanan”
  • Japanese: “ブキャナン郡”
  • Korean: “뷰캐넌군”
  • Low German: “Buchanan County”
  • Mazanderani: “بیوکانان شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “بیوکانان شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Buchanan Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Buchanan Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchanan County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchanan County”
  • Norwegian: “Buchanan County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بیوکانان، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بیوکانان”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بیوکنن”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Buchanan”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Buchanan”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Buchanan, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Buchanan”
  • Russian: “Бьюкенен”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Buchanan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Buchanan County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Бјуканан”
  • Serbian: “Округ Бјукенан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan County”
  • Slovenian: “Buchanan County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Buchanan”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Buchanan (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Buchanan”
  • Swedish: “Buchanan County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Buchanan County”
  • Tatar: “Бьюкенен (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Бьюкенен”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan County”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Buchanan ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’юкенан”
  • Ukrainian: “Бюкенан”
  • Urdu: “بیوکینن کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “بیوکینن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Buchanan”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Buchanan, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Buchanan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Buchanan, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Buchanan”
  • Welsh: “Buchanan County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Buchanan County”
  • Western Panjabi: “بوچانن کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Western Panjabi: “بوچانن کاؤنٹی”

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