Dresden
Dresden is an agricultural community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Located on the Sydenham River, it is named after Dresden, Germany.
- Type: Town with 2,400 residents
- Description: community in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Dresden (Ontario)”, “Dresden, ON”, “Dresden, Ontario”, and “ドレスデン (オンタリオ州)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Michael Church and Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History.
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History
Museum
Photo: Yoho2001, Public domain.Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre
Building
Dresden
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Chatham-Kent, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
42.59099° or 42° 35′ 28″ north
Longitude
-82.17953° or 82° 10′ 46″ west
Population
2,400
Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA DRD
Open location code
86JVHRRC+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Dresden” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “درسدن”
- Cebuano: “Dresden”
- Chinese: “德累斯頓”
- Chinese: “德累斯顿”
- Dutch: “Dresden”
- Egyptian Arabic: “درسدن”
- French: “Dresden”
- German: “Dresden”
- Irish: “Dresden”
- Italian: “Dresden”
- Japanese: “ドレスデン”
- Persian: “درزدن”
- Russian: “Дрезден”
- Spanish: “Dresden”
- Swedish: “Dresden, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Dresden”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dawn Mills and Thorncliffe.
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Highlights: Christ Church United Church and First Regular Baptist Church.
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