Ames
Ames is a pleasant college town in Central Iowa, sitting astride the Skunk River roughly 30 miles north of Des Moines. Life in Ames follows the ebb and flow of the academic year at Iowa State University, which is the city's primary draw.
- City with about 66,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 940 feet (290 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code AMW
- Description: city in Story County, Iowa, United States
- Postal codes: 50010-50014
- Also known as“Ames, IA”“Ames, Iowa”
Places of Interest
Discover Mary Greeley Medical Center and Municipal Building.
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Hospital
Mary Greeley Medical Center is a 220-bed regional medical center in Ames, Iowa.
Municipal Building
The Municipal Building, also known as Youth & Shelter…
Hilton Coliseum
Jaretac, Public domain.
James H. Hilton Coliseum is a 14,267-seat multi-purpose arena located in Ames, Iowa, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iowa State Center.
Iowa State Center
The Iowa State Center is located just southeast…
Ames
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Latitude
42.0268° or 42° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
-93.617° or 93° 37′ 1″ west
UN/LOCODE
US AMW
Open location code
86J829GM+P5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Ames” goes by many names.
أميسArabic
أميس (آيوا)Arabic
أيمزArabic
ԷյմսArmenian
AmesAsturian
AmesBasque
ЭймсBelarusian
অ্যামসBengali
এমসBengali
AmesCatalan
Ames (Iowa)Catalan
AmesCebuano
ЭймсChechen
埃姆斯Chinese
艾姆斯Chinese
AmesCzech
AmesDagbani
AmesDanish
Ames, IADanish
Ames, IowaDanish
AmesDutch
ايمزEgyptian Arabic
EjmsoEsperanto
AmesFinnish
AmesGalician
ამესიGeorgian
ایمزGilaki
ایمز (آیؤوا)Gilaki
ΈιμςGreek
એમ્સGujarati
AmesHaitian
Ames, IowaHaitian
איימסHebrew
एम्सHindi
AmesHungarian
AmesIdo
Ames, IowaIdo
AmesIndonesian
Ames, IowaIndonesian
AmesIrish
AmesItalian
エイムズJapanese
ಅಮೆಸ್Kannada
ЭймесKazakh
ЭймесKirghiz
에임스Korean
에임스 (아이오와 주)Korean
AmesLadin
EimsaLatvian
EimsasLithuanian
AmesLombard
AmesMalagasy
Ames, IowaMalagasy
AmesMalay
एम्सMarathi
ایمزMazanderani
ایمز (آیووا)Mazanderani
AmesMin Nan Chinese
AmesNorwegian
AmesNorwegian Bokmål
Ames, IowaNorwegian Bokmål
AmesSerbo-Croatian
Ames, IowaSerbo-Croatian
AmesSilesian
ඇමේස්Sinhala
AmesSlovak
AmesSlovenian
ایمز، آیوواSouth Azerbaijani
AmesSwahili
Ames, IowaSwahili
AmesSwedish
Ames, IowaSwedish
அமெஸ்Tamil
ЭймсTatar
ఎయిమ్స్Telugu
เอมส์Thai
AmesTurkish
Ames, IowaTurkish
ЕймсUkrainian
ایمزUrdu
ایمز، آئیوواUrdu
AmesUzbek
Ames, IAUzbek
Ames, IowaUzbek
AmesVietnamese
Ames, IowaVietnamese
AmesVolapük
Ames (IA)Volapük
Ames, IowaVolapük
AmesWaray (Philippines)
Ames, IowaWaray (Philippines)
AmesWelsh
Ames, IowaWelsh
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