Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
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Notable Places in the Area
USS Yorktown
Museum
USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Charleston Museum
Museum
The Charleston Museum is a museum located in the Wraggborough neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Exchange and Provost
Museum
The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
College of Charleston
University
The College of Charleston is a public liberal arts college in Charleston, South Carolina.
Localities in the Area
Charleston
- Type: City
- Description: city in Charleston County South Carolina, United States
- Categories: city of the United States and big city
- Location: Greater Charleston, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- Postal codes: 29401-29403, 29406, 29407, 29409, 29412-29414, 29416, 29417 and 29422-29425
Latitude 32.7876° or 32° 47' 15.4" north | Longitude -79.9403° or 79° 56' 25" west |
Population 116,000 | United Nations Location Code US CHS |
Elevation 20 feet (6 metres) | OpenStreetMap ID node 36967884 |
GeoNames ID 4574324 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Charleston, Suid-Carolina
- Afrikaans: Charleston
- Albanian: Charleston, South Carolina
- Arabic: Charleston, South Carolina
- Arabic: تشارلستون
- Arabic: تشارلستون، كارولاينا الجنوبية
- Aragonese: Charleston
- Armenian: Չարլսթոն
- Armenian: Չարլստոն
- Asturian: Charleston
- Basque: Charleston
- Belarusian: Чарлстан
- Bengali: চার্লসটন, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা
- Bengali: চার্লসটন
- Breton: Charleston
- Bulgarian: Чарлстън
- Catalan: Charleston
- Cebuano: Charleston
- Chinese: Charleston
- Chinese: 查尔斯顿
- Chinese: 查爾斯頓
- Cornish: Charleston, Karolina Dheghow
- Croatian: Charleston, Južna Karolina
- Czech: Charleston
- Danish: Charleston
- Dutch: Charleston
- Egyptian Arabic: تشارلستون
- Egyptian Arabic: تشارلستون، كارولاينا الجنوبيه
- English: Charleston, South Carolina
- Esperanto: Charleston, South Carolina
- Esperanto: Charleston
- Estonian: Charleston
- Faroese: Charleston (South Carolina)
- Faroese: Charleston
- Finnish: Charleston
- French: Charleston
- French: Charleston, Caroline du Sud
- Galician: Charleston, Carolina do Sur
- German: Charleston
- German: Charleston, South Carolina
- Greek: Τσάρλεστον
- Gujarati: ચાર્લસ્ટન
- Haitian: Charleston, Kawolin disid
- Hebrew: צ'ארלסטון
- Hebrew: צארלסטון
- Hindi: चार्ल्सटन
- Hungarian: Charleston
- Icelandic: Charleston (Suður-Karólínu)
- Indonesian: Charleston, Carolina Selatan
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Charleston
- Irish: Charleston, Carolina Theas
- Italian: Charleston
- Japanese: チャールストン
- Kannada: ಚಾರ್ಲ್ಸ್ಟನ್
- Korean: 찰스턴
- Latin: Carolopolis
- Latvian: Čārlstona
- Lithuanian: Čarlstonas
- Luxembourgish: Charleston
- Malay: Charleston
- Marathi: चार्लस्टन, साउथ कॅरोलिना
- Min Nan Chinese: Charleston, South Carolina
- Navajo: Atʼaʼ Yiltʼąąʼí Ńtʼiʼí
- Norwegian: Charleston
- Norwegian Bokmål: Charleston
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Charleston i Sør-Carolina
- Occitan (post 1500): Charleston
- Persian: چارلستون، کارولینای جنوبی
- Polish: Charleston
- Portuguese: Charleston
- Romanian: Charleston, Carolina de Sud
- Russian: Чарлстон
- Russian: Чарльстон
- Scots: Charleston, Sooth Carolina
- Scots: Charleston
- Serbian: Чарлстон
- Serbo-Croatian: Charleston, South Carolina
- Serbo-Croatian: Charleston
- Silesian: Charleston (Połedńowo Karolina)
- Silesian: Charleston
- Sinhala: චාර්ල්ස්ටන්
- Slovak: Charleston
- Slovenian: Charleston, Južna Karolina
- South Azerbaijani: چارلستون، گونئی کارولینا
- Spanish: Charleston
- Swedish: Charleston, South Carolina
- Swedish: Charleston
- Tagalog: Charleston, South Carolina
- Tamil: சார்லஸ்டன்
- Tatar: Чарлстон
- Telugu: చార్లెస్ స్టన్
- Thai: ชาร์ลสตัน
- Turkish: Charleston, Güney Karolina
- Turkish: Charleston
- Ukrainian: Чарлстон
- Urdu: چارلسٹن، جنوبی کیرولائنا
- Venetian: Charleston
- Vietnamese: Charleston, Nam Carolina
- Vietnamese: Charleston
- Volapük: Charleston
- Waray (Philippines): Charleston, South Carolina
- Welsh: Charleston, De Carolina
- Wu Chinese: 查尔斯顿 (南卡罗来纳州)
- Yoruba: Charleston, South Carolina
- Charles Town
- Charles Towne
- Charlestowne
- Charlstoun
- Charlstown
Other Places Named Charleston
- CharlestonUnited States
- LorainUnited States
- Bryson CityUnited States
- CharlestownUnited States
- CharltonUnited States
- CharlestonNew Zealand
In the Area
Localities
- Wragg Borough HomesHamlet
- Anson Borough Homes
- Gadsden Green HomesHamlet
- Wappo HeightsHamlet
- MorelandHamlet
- The CrescentHamlet
Landmarks
- Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint PaulChurch
- Charleston Water SystemPublic building
- Central Baptist ChurchChurch
- Saint Patricks Catholic ChurchChurch
- City of Charleston Fire Department Station 15 Ladder 4 / 15Fire station
- Saint Marks Episcopal ChurchChurch
Popular Destinations in Greater Charleston
Escape to a Random Place
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