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Aiken

Aiken

Aiken is the most populous city in, and the county seat of, , United States. According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area.
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  • Type: City with 28,800 residents
  • Description: city in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Aiken, SC”, “Aiken, South Carolina”, and “Plunkett”
  • Postal codes: 29801-29805 and 29808

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coker Spring and Legare-Morgan House.

Spring
Photo: Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fresh water spring located on Road in Aiken, South Carolina. This spring is formed by a "junction" where the water table intersects the ground surface and according to archaeological remains, has been used since prehistoric times.

Historic house
Photo: Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a one-story clapboard structure built in Aiken, South Carolina around 1835. From 1850 to 1859 it was the home of the artist, poet and inventor, James Mathews Legare.

Sports venue
Photo: Eoghanacht, Public domain.
The is a private court tennis club located at 146 Newberry Street, SW in Aiken, South Carolina. It includes the Court Tennis Building.

Aiken

Latitude
33.5616° or 33° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
-81.7225° or 81° 43′ 21″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)
IATA airport code
AIK
United Nations Location Code
US AIK
Open location code
865WH76H+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154010266
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4569067
Wiki­data ID
Q404887
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aiken” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أيكن”
  • Armenian: “Էյկեն”
  • Basque: “Aiken”
  • Bulgarian: “Аикен”
  • Catalan: “Aiken”
  • Cebuano: “Aiken”
  • Chechen: “Эйкен”
  • Chinese: “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Chinese: “Aiken”
  • Chinese: “艾肯”
  • Czech: “Aiken”
  • Dagbani: “Aiken”
  • Danish: “Aiken”
  • Dutch: “Aiken (South Carolina)”
  • Dutch: “Aiken”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايكن”
  • Esperanto: “Aiken”
  • French: “Aiken”
  • Galician: “Aiken”
  • German: “Aiken”
  • Gilaki: “ایکن (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “ایکن”
  • Greek: “Άικεν”
  • Haitian: “Aiken, Kawolin disid”
  • Hebrew: “אייקן”
  • Hungarian: “Aiken”
  • Irish: “Aiken”
  • Italian: “Aiken”
  • Japanese: “エイキン”
  • Korean: “에이킨”
  • Ladin: “Aiken”
  • Lithuanian: “Eikenas”
  • Malagasy: “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Aiken”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aiken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aiken”
  • Norwegian: “Aiken”
  • Persian: “ایکن، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “ایکن”
  • Polish: “Aiken”
  • Portuguese: “Aiken”
  • Russian: “Айкен”
  • Russian: “Эйкен (Южная Каролина)”
  • Russian: “Эйкен”
  • Scots: “Aiken, Sooth Carolina”
  • Scots: “Aiken”
  • Serbian: “Ејкен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aiken”
  • Slovak: “Aiken”
  • Slovenian: “Aiken”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایکن، گونئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Aiken, Carolina del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Aiken”
  • Swedish: “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Aiken”
  • Tatar: “Эйкен”
  • Turkish: “Aiken, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Aiken”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейкен”
  • Urdu: “ایکن، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Aiken”
  • Volapük: “Aiken (SC)”
  • Volapük: “Aiken (South Carolina)”
  • Volapük: “Aiken, SC”
  • Volapük: “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Aiken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aiken, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aiken”
  • Welsh: “Aiken, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Aiken”
  • “Aiken”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aiken”. Photo: Savannah River Site, Public domain.