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Ames

Ames is a pleasant college town in , sitting astride the Skunk River roughly 30 miles north of . Life in Ames follows the ebb and flow of the academic year at Iowa State University, which is the city's primary draw.
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  • Type: City with 66,400 residents
  • Description: city in Story County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Ames, IA” and “Ames, Iowa”
  • Postal codes: 50010-50014

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mary Greeley Medical Center and Municipal Building.

Hospital
is a 220-bed regional medical center in Ames, Iowa. The medical center services residents of a 14-county region in central Iowa, including a six-county primary market of , , , , and counties.

Government office
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Youth & Shelter Services, is a historic building located in Ames, Iowa, United States. It is significant for its association with the Progressive Movement reforms implemented by the city in the early 20th century.

Stadium
Photo: Tallness456, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Primarily used for college football, it is the home field of the Iowa State Cyclones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iowa State Center.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jaretac, Public domain.
The is located just southeast of Iowa State University's central campus in Ames, Iowa. It is a complex of cultural and athletic venues.

Ames

Latitude
42.0268° or 42° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
-93.617° or 93° 37′ 1″ west
Population
66,400
Elevation
942 feet (287 metres)
IATA airport code
AMW
United Nations Location Code
US AMW
Open location code
86J829GM+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151883827
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4846834
Wiki­data ID
Q470273
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ames” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أميس (آيوا)”
  • Arabic: “أميس”
  • Arabic: “أيمز”
  • Armenian: “Էյմս”
  • Asturian: “Ames”
  • Basque: “Ames”
  • Belarusian: “Эймс”
  • Bengali: “এমস”
  • Catalan: “Ames (Iowa)”
  • Catalan: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Catalan: “Ames”
  • Cebuano: “Ames”
  • Chechen: “Эймс”
  • Chinese: “Ames”
  • Chinese: “埃姆斯”
  • Chinese: “艾姆斯”
  • Czech: “Ames”
  • Dagbani: “Ames”
  • Danish: “Ames, IA”
  • Danish: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Danish: “Ames”
  • Dutch: “Ames”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايمز”
  • Esperanto: “Ejmso”
  • Finnish: “Ames”
  • French: “Ames”
  • Galician: “Ames”
  • Georgian: “ამესი”
  • German: “Ames”
  • Gilaki: “ایمز (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “ایمز”
  • Greek: “Έιμς”
  • Gujarati: “એમ્સ”
  • Haitian: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Ames”
  • Hebrew: “איימס”
  • Hindi: “एम्स”
  • Hungarian: “Ames”
  • Ido: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Ames”
  • Indonesian: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Indonesian: “Ames”
  • Irish: “Ames”
  • Italian: “Ames”
  • Japanese: “エイムズ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಮೆಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Эймес”
  • Kirghiz: “Эймес”
  • Korean: “에임스 (아이오와 주)”
  • Korean: “에임스”
  • Ladin: “Ames”
  • Latvian: “Eimsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Eimsas”
  • Lombard: “Ames”
  • Malagasy: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Ames”
  • Malay: “Ames”
  • Marathi: “एम्स”
  • Mazanderani: “ایمز (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “ایمز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ames”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ames”
  • Norwegian: “Ames”
  • Persian: “ایمز، آیووا”
  • Persian: “ایمز”
  • Polish: “Ames”
  • Portuguese: “Ames”
  • Russian: “Эймс”
  • Russian: “Эймса”
  • Serbian: “Ames”
  • Serbian: “Ејмс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ames”
  • Silesian: “Ames”
  • Sinhala: “ඇමේස්”
  • Slovak: “Ames”
  • Slovenian: “Ames”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایمز، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Spanish: “Ames”
  • Swahili: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Swahili: “Ames”
  • Swedish: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Ames”
  • Tamil: “அமெஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Эймс”
  • Telugu: “ఎయిమ్స్”
  • Thai: “เอมส์ (มลรัฐไอโอวา)”
  • Thai: “เอมส์”
  • Turkish: “Ames”
  • Ukrainian: “Еймс”
  • Urdu: “ایمز، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ایمز”
  • Uzbek: “Ames, IA”
  • Uzbek: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Uzbek: “Ames”
  • Vietnamese: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ames”
  • Volapük: “Ames (IA)”
  • Volapük: “Ames, IA”
  • Volapük: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Volapük: “Ames”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ames, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ames”
  • Welsh: “Ames, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Ames”

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