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Baraga
Baraga Township

Baraga

Baraga is a village in in the U.S. state of . The population was 1,883 at the 2020 census. The village is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga.
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  • Type: Village with 1,250 residents
  • Description: village in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Also known as: “Baraga, MI” and “Baraga, Michigan”
  • Postal code: 49908

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baraga State Park and Baraga Correctional Facility.

Park
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is a public recreation area covering 56 acres on the shore of Lake Superior's in , . The state park sits along Route 41 on the south side of the village of Baraga.

Prison
is a prison, located in Baraga, for adult male prisoners. While it includes a Level I security facility, it is primarily a maximum security prison.

Northern Natural Gas is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the in to the area, , and the Upper Peninsula of . It is owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. Its FERC code is 59. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Baraga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assinins and L’Anse.

Village
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is a historic district consisting of several buildings that were originally a school and orphanage, located in , Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. is situated 2½ miles north of Baraga.

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L'Anse is a village in and the county seat of in the U.S. state of . The population was 1,874 at the 2020 census. The village is located within in the Upper Peninsula and partially inside the .

Village
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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in in the U.S. state of . The CDP had a population of 397 at the 2020 census. is situated 4 miles east of Baraga.

Baraga

Latitude
46.77854° or 46° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
-88.48902° or 88° 29′ 21″ west
Population
1,250
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RGA
Open location code
86RHQGH6+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153710282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4984902
Wiki­data ID
Q2703504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Baraga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “براغا”
  • Basque: “Baraga”
  • Cebuano: “Baraga”
  • Chinese: “Baraga”
  • Chinese: “巴拉加”
  • Dutch: “Baraga”
  • French: “Baraga”
  • German: “Baraga”
  • Gilaki: “باراگا (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “باراگا”
  • Italian: “Baraga”
  • Kazakh: “Барага”
  • Kirghiz: “Барага”
  • Ladin: “Baraga”
  • Malagasy: “Baraga, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Baraga”
  • Mazanderani: “باراگا (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “باراگا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Baraga”
  • Polish: “Baraga”
  • Portuguese: “Baraga”
  • Serbian: “Барага”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baraga, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baraga”
  • Slovenian: “Baraga”
  • Spanish: “Baraga”
  • Ukrainian: “Барага”
  • Volapük: “Baraga”
  • Welsh: “Baraga, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Baraga”
  • Western Frisian: “Baraga”

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