Challis
Challis is the largest city in Custer County, Idaho, United States. It is the county seat and its population was 1,081 at the 2010 census. The 2020 census showed 902 residents, a 16.6% drop. And as of 2023, the population increased to 924.- Type: Town with 758 residents
- Description: city in and the county seat of Custer County, Idaho, United States
- Also known as: “Challis (Idaho)”, “Challis, ID”, “Challis, Idaho”, “Garden City”, and “چالیس، ایداهو”
- Postal code: 83226
Places of Interest
Highlights: Challis Airport.
Challis
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, and locality
- Location: Custer, Idaho, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.50513° or 44° 30′ 19″ north
Longitude
-114.23137° or 114° 13′ 53″ west
Population
758
Elevation
5,253 feet (1,601 metres)
IATA airport code
CHL
UN/LOCODE
US CHL
Open location code
85P7GQ49+3F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Challis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاليس”
- Basque: “Challis”
- Bulgarian: “Чалис”
- Catalan: “Challis”
- Cebuano: “Challis”
- Chechen: “Чаллис”
- Chinese: “查利斯”
- Czech: “Challis”
- Danish: “Challis”
- Dutch: “Challis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شاليس”
- French: “Challis”
- Georgian: “ჩალისი”
- German: “Challis”
- Gilaki: “چلیس (آیداهؤ)”
- Gilaki: “چلیس”
- Haitian: “Challis, Idaho”
- Haitian: “Challis”
- Hungarian: “Challis”
- Ido: “Challis, Idaho”
- Ido: “Challis”
- Irish: “Challis”
- Italian: “Challis”
- Japanese: “シャリス”
- Kazakh: “Çolïs”
- Kazakh: “Чолис”
- Kazakh: “تشولىيس”
- Kirghiz: “Чолис”
- Korean: “샬리”
- Ladin: “Challis”
- Malagasy: “Challis, Idaho”
- Malagasy: “Challis”
- Mazanderani: “چالیس”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Challis”
- Newari: “च्यालिस, आइडाहो”
- Newari: “च्यालिस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Challis”
- Norwegian: “Challis”
- Persian: “چالیس، آیداهو”
- Persian: “چالیس”
- Polish: “Challis”
- Portuguese: “Challis”
- Romanian: “Challis”
- Russian: “Чаллис”
- Serbian: “Чалис”
- Serbian: “Шалис”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Challis, Idaho”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Challis”
- Slovak: “Challis”
- Slovenian: “Challis”
- South Azerbaijani: “چالیس، آیداهو”
- Spanish: “Challis”
- Swedish: “Challis, Idaho”
- Swedish: “Challis”
- Tatar: “Чаллис”
- Turkish: “Challis, Idaho”
- Turkish: “Challis”
- Ukrainian: “Чалліс”
- Urdu: “چیلس، ایڈاہو”
- Uzbek: “Challis”
- Volapük: “Challis”
- Waray (Philippines): “Challis, Idaho”
- Waray (Philippines): “Challis”
- Welsh: “Challis, Idaho”
- Welsh: “Challis”
- “Challis”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: North Challis and Keystone Mine.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Custer County Courthouse and Bureau of Land Management Challis Field Office.
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