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Whatcom

Whatcom County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of , bordered by the of the Canadian province of to the north, to the east, to the south, across to the southwest, and the to the west.
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  • Type: County with 201,000 residents
  • Description: county in the state of Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “Whatcom County”, “Whatcom County, WA”, and “Whatcom County, Washington”

Whatcom

Latitude
48.8108° or 48° 48′ 39″ north
Longitude
-121.8828° or 121° 52′ 58″ west
Population
201,000
Elevation
5,190 feet (1,582 metres)
Open location code
84WWR468+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2691270121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5815675
Wiki­data ID
Q156623
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Whatcom” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Whatcom County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة واتكوم”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة واشنطن، واشنطن”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة وهاتكوم، واشنطون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه واتكوم، واشنطن”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Whatcom”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uatkom əyaləti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uotkom qraflığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Votkom qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Whatcom konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Whatcom County, Washington”
  • Bavarian: “Whatcom County”
  • Bishnupriya: “হুৱাটকম কাউন্টি, ৱাশিংটন”
  • Bishnupriya: “হুৱাটকম কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уаткъм”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Whatcom”
  • Cebuano: “Whatcom County”
  • Chechen: “Уотком (гуо, Вашингтон)”
  • Chechen: “Уотком”
  • Chinese: “Whatcom Kūn”
  • Chinese: “霍特科姆县”
  • Chinese: “霍特科姆縣”
  • Chinese: “霍特科姆郡”
  • Czech: “Okres Whatcom”
  • Czech: “Whatcom County”
  • Dutch: “Whatcom County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Whatcom”
  • Finnish: “Whatcomin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Whatcom”
  • French: “Comté de Whatcom”
  • Georgian: “უოტკომის ოლქი”
  • German: “Whatcom County”
  • Gilaki: “واتکام ٚ شأرستان (واشينگتن)”
  • Gilaki: “واتکام ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ואטקום”
  • Hungarian: “Whatcom megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Whatcom”
  • Italian: “contea di Whatcom”
  • Italian: “Contea di Whatcom”
  • Japanese: “ホワットコム郡”
  • Japanese: “ワットコム郡”
  • Korean: “왓컴 군”
  • Korean: “왓컴군”
  • Low German: “Whatcom County”
  • Mazanderani: “واتکام شهرستان (واشینگتن)”
  • Mazanderani: “واتکام شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Whatcom Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whatcom Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whatcom County”
  • Norwegian: “Whatcom County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان واتکام، واشینگتن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان واتکام”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Whatcom”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Whatcom”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Whatcom, Washington”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Whatcom”
  • Romanian: “Whatcom County”
  • Russian: “Вэтком”
  • Russian: “Уотком”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Whatcom”
  • Serbian: “Whatcom County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вотком”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whatcom County, Washington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whatcom County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Whatcom”
  • Slovenian: “Whatcom County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Whatcom (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Whatcom”
  • Swedish: “Whatcom County”
  • Tatar: “Уотком (округ, Вашингтон)”
  • Tatar: “Уотком”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom County, WA”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom County, Wash.”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom County, Washington”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom County”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom ilçesi, WA”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom ilçesi, Wash.”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom ilçesi, Washington”
  • Turkish: “Whatcom ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вотком”
  • Urdu: “واٹکم کاؤنٹی، واشنگٹن”
  • Venetian: “contea de Whatcom”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Whatcom, Washington”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Whatcom”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Whatcom, Washington”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Whatcom”
  • Welsh: “Whatcom County, Washington”
  • Welsh: “Whatcom County”
  • Western Panjabi: “وٹکام کاؤنٹی”

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