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Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee is a census-designated place on the in , , United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 382 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: “Brennan”, “Cankpe Opi”, “Čaŋkpé Opí”, “Wounded Knee, SD”, and “Wounded Knee, South Dakota”
  • Postal code: 57794

Wounded Knee

Latitude
43.14461° or 43° 8′ 41″ north
Longitude
-102.37026° or 102° 22′ 13″ west
Population
382
Elevation
3,235 feet (986 metres)
Open location code
85MV4JVH+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151658421
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5770538
Wiki­data ID
Q509380
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Wounded Knee” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wounded Knee”
  • Catalan: “Čaŋkpé Opí”
  • Catalan: “Wounded Knee”
  • Cebuano: “Wounded Knee”
  • Chechen: “Вундед-Ни”
  • Chinese: “Wounded Knee”
  • Chinese: “伤膝”
  • Chinese: “傷膝”
  • Dutch: “Wounded Knee”
  • Esperanto: “Wounded Knee”
  • Finnish: “Wounded Knee”
  • French: “Čaŋkpé Opí”
  • French: “Wounded Knee”
  • Galician: “Čaŋkpé Opí”
  • Galician: “Wounded Knee, Dacota do Sur”
  • Galician: “Wounded Knee”
  • German: “Wounded Knee Creek”
  • German: “Wounded Knee”
  • Gilaki: “وۊندد ني (نسايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “وۊندد ني”
  • Ido: “Wounded Knee, Sud-Dakota”
  • Ido: “Wounded Knee”
  • Irish: “Wounded Knee”
  • Italian: “Wounded Knee”
  • Japanese: “ウーンデッド・ニー”
  • Japanese: “ウンデット・ニー”
  • Japanese: “ウンデッド・ニー”
  • Ladin: “Wounded Knee”
  • Low German: “Wounded Knee”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wounded Knee”
  • Persian: “ووندید نی، داکوتای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “ووندید نی”
  • Polish: “Wounded Knee”
  • Portuguese: “Čaŋkpé Opí”
  • Portuguese: “Wounded Knee”
  • Serbian: “Вундед Ни”
  • Serbian: “Вундид Ни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wounded Knee, South Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wounded Knee”
  • Spanish: “Čaŋkpé Opí”
  • Spanish: “Wounded Knee”
  • Swedish: “Wounded Knee”
  • Tatar: “Вундед-Ни”
  • Ukrainian: “Вундед-Ні”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанкпе-Опі”
  • Urdu: “وونڈڈ نی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا”
  • Urdu: “وونڈڈ نی”
  • Volapük: “Wounded Knee, South Dakota”
  • Volapük: “Wounded Knee”
  • Western Frisian: “Wounded Knee”

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