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Charlotte

Charlotte is an ambitious and rapidly growing city in the southern part of the of . It is also developing its fledgling tourist industry; its central core is one of the most visitor-friendly districts in the Carolinas.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Uptown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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Uptown is the central business district of Charlotte. It is home to most of the city's major institutions, and is the historic core. It is also the geographic center of Charlotte, with the center point of the city at the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets.

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is an serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, located roughly six miles west of the city's central business district.

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is a semi-urban area in the northern reaches of Charlotte. It is an "edge city", a sprawling, suburban area with a population of 160,000 centered around a "downtown" area at the intersection of N.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Myers Park and East Charlotte.

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is a residential district in Charlotte. About a mile from , it is one of the city's oldest suburban districts. is distinguished for its winding tree-lined avenues, large historic homes and architectural variety.

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is a large conglomeration of neighborhoods in Charlotte. Since it is not a unified district, it has no official boundaries; however, it is generally recognized that the area begins east of Independence Blvd, west of W.T.

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is a semi-urban district in south-central Charlotte. A hub of business and retail activity, it is also home to some of the city's most exclusive neighborhoods.

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is a neighborhood in Charlotte. It is just south of , extending out of town along Ave. and 7th St. It blends the affluence of the neighborhood to the west with the middle-class livability of to the east.

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is an arts district in Charlotte. Its name is a blend of "NOrth DAvidson", after the district's main street. It began as a mill village that operated almost independently of Charlotte, and became a haven of poverty and vice in the middle of the 20th century.

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is a sprawling suburb on the southern boundary of Charlotte. Having risen out of farmland 20 years ago, it has been recognized as one of the most successful master-planned communities in the Southeast.

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is a district in Charlotte. Extending from the southern side of the I-277 freeway loop south of , it extends along South Boulevard toward I-485.

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is a neighborhood and commercial district located in south-central Charlotte. Its exact borders are open to interpretation, but is generally regarded as the area between South Blvd, Morehead St, Kenilworth Ave, and Sedgefield Park.

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is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in the major city of Charlotte in the U.S. state of . The district includes the neighborhoods of Ashley Park, Starmount, Carmel and Cedarwood.

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is a district in Charlotte. It is located on the city's east side, about a mile from , and is developing as a hip urban neighborhood.

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is a large conglomeration of neighborhoods in Charlotte. Since it is not a unified district, it has no official boundaries; however, it is generally recognized to be bordered by Sunset Road to the west, to the south and to the east.

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is a neighborhood and major district in Charlotte. is located along Lake Wylie in the far southwest quadrant of Charlotte primarily bordered by Interstate 485 to the east and located south of the Charlotte Airport.

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is a district in Charlotte between the and neighborhoods. Originally named for Mall, one of Charlotte's first suburban malls, is emerging as one of the more desirable areas for living and shopping with close proximity to .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bank of America Stadium and Spectrum Center.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium located in the section of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It has a capacity of 75,037 and is the home facility and headquarters of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League and Charlotte FC of Major League Soccer.

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is an indoor arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Located in , it is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association.

Museum
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The , is a Hall of Fame and Museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina that honors NASCAR and its history. Inductees to the Hall of Fame are drivers who have shown expert skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Greene and Biddleville.

Neighborhood
was a United States Army facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, during the early 20th century. In 1917, both the 3rd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division were first organized and assembled at this camp.

Suburb
is the oldest surviving predominantly African-American neighborhood in Charlotte, . It is located one mile west of Uptown and Interstate 77 along Beatties Ford Road.

Suburb
is a residential neighborhood in Charlotte, , . was the city’s first suburb to build houses with driveways and has attracted many of the prominent leaders who shaped Charlotte’s growth.

Charlotte

Latitude
35.2272° or 35° 13′ 38″ north
Longitude
-80.8431° or 80° 50′ 35″ west
Population
751,000
Elevation
751 feet (229 metres)
IATA airport code
CLT
United Nations Location Code
US CLT
Open location code
867X65G4+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154074402
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4460243
Wiki­data ID
Q16565
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Charlotte” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Charlotte, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “Charlotte”
  • Albanian: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Albanian: “Charlotte”
  • Albanian: “Sharlot (Karolina Veriore)”
  • Arabic: “تشارلوت; شارلوت”
  • Arabic: “تشارلوت”
  • Arabic: “شارلت”
  • Arabic: “شارلوت”
  • Aragonese: “Charlotte”
  • Armenian: “Շառլոթ”
  • Asturian: “Charlotte, Carolina del Norte”
  • Asturian: “Charlotte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şarlott (Şimali Karolina)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şarlott”
  • Balinese: “Charlotte, Carolina Kalér”
  • Bambara: “Charlotte”
  • Bashkir: “Шарлотт”
  • Basque: “Charlotte”
  • Belarusian: “Шарлат (Паўночная Караліна)”
  • Belarusian: “Шарлат”
  • Belarusian: “Шарлот”
  • Bengali: “শার্লট, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bengali: “শার্লট”
  • Bosnian: “Charlotte”
  • Breton: “Charlotte”
  • Bulgarian: “Шарлът”
  • Catalan: “Charlotte”
  • Cebuano: “Charlotte (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina)”
  • Cebuano: “Charlotte”
  • Central Kurdish: “شارڵۆت”
  • Chechen: “Шарлотт”
  • Chinese: “Charlotte”
  • Chinese: “夏洛特”
  • Chinese: “莎樂”
  • Cornish: “Charlotte, Karolina Gledh”
  • Cornish: “Charlotte”
  • Croatian: “Charlotte, Sjeverna Karolina”
  • Croatian: “Charlotte”
  • Czech: “Charlotte”
  • Dagbani: “Charlotte”
  • Danish: “Charlotte”
  • Dutch: “Charlotte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشارلوت”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شارلوت”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉarloto en Norda Karolino”
  • Esperanto: “Charlotte”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝarloto”
  • Estonian: “Charlotte”
  • Faroese: “Charlotte”
  • Finnish: “Charlotte”
  • French: “Charlotte”
  • Galician: “Charlotte, Carolina do Norte”
  • Galician: “Charlotte”
  • Georgian: “შარლოტი”
  • German: “Charlotte”
  • Gilaki: “شارلؤت (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “شارلؤت”
  • Greek: “Σάρλοτ, Βόρεια Καρολίνα”
  • Greek: “Σάρλοτ”
  • Guarani: “Charlotte”
  • Gujarati: “શેર્લોટ”
  • Haitian: “Charlotte”
  • Hausa: “Charlotte, Arewacin Carolina”
  • Hebrew: “שארלוט”
  • Hindi: “शार्लेट, नॉर्थ कैरोलीना”
  • Hindi: “शार्लोट”
  • Hungarian: “Charlotte”
  • Icelandic: “Charlotte”
  • Ido: “Charlotte, Nordal Karolina”
  • Ido: “Charlotte”
  • Indonesian: “Charlotte, Carolina Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Charlotte”
  • Interlingua: “Charlotte”
  • Interlingue: “Charlotte”
  • Inuktitut: “ᓵᕐᓖᑦ”
  • Irish: “Charlotte, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Charlotte”
  • Italian: “Charlotte”
  • Japanese: “シャーロット”
  • Kannada: “ಷಾರ್ಲೆಟ್, ಉತ್ತರ ಕೆರೋಲಿನಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಷಾರ್ಲೆಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Шарлотт”
  • Kölsch: “Charlotte”
  • Korean: “샬럿”
  • Korean: “샬롯”
  • Kurdish: “Charlotte”
  • Ladin: “Charlotte”
  • Latin: “Carolinum”
  • Latvian: “Šarlota”
  • Lithuanian: “Šarlotė”
  • Low German: “Charlotte”
  • Luxembourgish: “Charlotte”
  • Macedonian: “Шарлот”
  • Malagasy: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Charlotte”
  • Malay: “Charlotte, Carolina Utara”
  • Malay: “Charlotte”
  • Maltese: “Charlotte”
  • Manx: “Charlotte, Carolina Hwoaie”
  • Manx: “Charlotte”
  • Marathi: “शार्लट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Charlotte”
  • Mingrelian: “შარლოთი”
  • Mingrelian: “შარლოტი”
  • Mongolian: “Шарлотт”
  • Navajo: “Níłchʼi Ditłéʼé”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charlotte”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charlotte i Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian: “Charlotte”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Charlotte”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ceorlette (Norþcarolīna)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ceorlette”
  • Ossetian: “Шарлотт”
  • Pampanga: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Pampanga: “Charlotte”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਰਲਟ, ਉੱਤਰੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਰਲਟ”
  • Persian: “شارلوت، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شارلوت”
  • Piemontese: “Charlotte”
  • Polish: “Charlotte”
  • Portuguese: “Charlotte, Carolina do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Charlotte”
  • Romanian: “Charlotte, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Charlotte”
  • Russian: “Шарлотт”
  • Sardinian: “Charlotte”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Charlotte”
  • Scots: “Charlotte”
  • Serbian: “Шарлот”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charlotte”
  • Silesian: “Charlotte”
  • Sindhi: “شارلوٽ”
  • Sinhala: “චාලට්”
  • Slovak: “Charlotte”
  • Slovenian: “Charlotte, Severna Karolina”
  • Slovenian: “Charlotte”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شارلوت”
  • Spanish: “Charlotte (Carolina del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Charlotte”
  • Swahili: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Swahili: “Charlotte”
  • Swedish: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Charlotte”
  • Tagalog: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Tagalog: “Charlotte”
  • Tajik: “Шарлотт”
  • Tajik: “Шарлотта”
  • Tamil: “சார்லட்”
  • Tamil: “ஷார்லட்”
  • Tatar: “Шарлот”
  • Telugu: “షార్లెట్, నార్త్ కేరోలిన”
  • Telugu: “షార్లెట్”
  • Telugu: “షార్లోట్”
  • Thai: “ชาร์ลอตต์”
  • Turkish: “Charlotte”
  • Turkmen: “Şarlotta”
  • Uighur: “Sharlot”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарлотт”
  • Urdu: “شارلٹ، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “شارلوٹ، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “شارلوٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Sharlot”
  • Venetian: “Charlotte”
  • Veps: “Šarlott (Pohjoižkarolin)”
  • Veps: “Šarlott”
  • Vietnamese: “Charlotte, Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Charlotte”
  • Volapük: “Charlotte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Charlotte”
  • Welsh: “Charlotte, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Charlotte”
  • Western Mari: “Шарлотт”
  • Wu Chinese: “夏洛特（北卡罗来纳州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “夏洛特”
  • Yakut: “Шарлотт”
  • Yoruba: “Charlotte, North Carolina”
  • Yoruba: “Charlotte”
  • Yue Chinese: “莎樂”
  • “Charlotte”

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