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  • Type: Town with 17,000 residents
  • Description: city in Sumter County, Georgia, USA
  • Also known as: Americus, GA” and “Americus, Georgia
  • Postal code: 31709

Americus

Latitude
32.0724° or 32° 4′ 21″ north
Longitude
-84.2327° or 84° 13′ 58″ west
Population
17,000
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AMU
Open location code
864Q3QC8+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154172671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4179667
Wiki­data ID
Q123067
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Americus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أميريكوس
  • Basque: Americus
  • Belarusian: Амерыкус
  • Catalan: Americus
  • Cebuano: Americus
  • Chechen: Америкус
  • Chinese: Americus
  • Chinese: 阿梅里克斯
  • Czech: Americus
  • Dagbani: Americus
  • Danish: Americus
  • Dutch: Americus
  • Egyptian Arabic: اميريكوس
  • French: Americus
  • German: Americus
  • Gilaki: آمرکوس (جؤرجيا)
  • Gilaki: آمرکوس
  • Greek: Αμέρικους
  • Haitian: Americus, Georgie
  • Haitian: Americus
  • Hebrew: אמריקוס
  • Hungarian: Americus
  • Ido: Americus, Georgia
  • Ido: Americus
  • Irish: Americus
  • Italian: Americus
  • Japanese: アメリカス
  • Korean: 아메리커스
  • Ladin: Americus (Georgia (stat American))
  • Ladin: Americus)
  • Malagasy: Americus, Georgia
  • Malagasy: Americus
  • Malayalam: അമേരിക്കസ്, ജോർജിയ
  • Malayalam: അമേരിക്കസ്
  • Mazanderani: امریکاس
  • Min Nan Chinese: Americus
  • Newari: अमेरिकस (ज्योर्जिया)
  • Newari: अमेरिकस, जर्जिया
  • Newari: अमेरिकस, ज्योर्जिया
  • Newari: अमेरिकस
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Americus
  • Norwegian: Americus
  • Occitan (post 1500): Americus
  • Persian: امریکاس، جورجیا
  • Persian: امریکاس
  • Persian: امریکس، جورجیا
  • Polish: Americus
  • Portuguese: Americus
  • Russian: Америкус
  • Serbian: Америкус
  • Serbo-Croatian: Americus, Georgia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Americus
  • Slovak: Americus
  • Slovenian: Americus
  • South Azerbaijani: امریکاس، جورجیا
  • Spanish: Americus (Georgia)
  • Spanish: Americus
  • Swedish: Americus, Georgia
  • Swedish: Americus
  • Tatar: Америкус
  • Turkish: Americus, Georgia
  • Turkish: Americus
  • Ukrainian: Америкус
  • Urdu: امریکس، جارجیا
  • Uzbek: Americus
  • Volapük: Americus
  • Waray (Philippines): Americus, Georgia
  • Waray (Philippines): Americus
  • Welsh: Americus, Georgia
  • Welsh: Americus

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