Cheyenne

Cheyenne is the state capital and largest city of . Cheyenne is a place that celebrates its history and "true Western" culture. It is not uncommon to see cowboy hats, boots, and the belt as daily attire.
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  • Type: City with 65,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Wyoming, United States and seat of Laramie County
  • Also known as: Cheyenne, WY”, “Cheyenne, Wyoming”, and “Hell on Wheels
  • Postal codes: 82001-82003 and 82006-82010

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wyoming State Capitol and Cheyenne Depot Museum.

Town hall
The is located in the city of Cheyenne. Cheyenne is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Wyoming, also hosting the workspace for the governor, and his staff; Mark Gordon.

Museum
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, , United States. It is located inside the 1880s Union Pacific Railroad depot. A National Historic Landmark, the station was the railroad's largest west of , and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

Church
St. Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral and parish church in the Diocese of Cheyenne located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and South Greeley.

Village
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
, shortened as F.E. Warren AFB is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is part of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,733 at the 2020 census. The population was 4,217 at the 2010 census.

Cheyenne

Latitude
41.14° or 41° 8′ 24″ north
Longitude
-104.8202° or 104° 49′ 13″ west
Population
65,000
Elevation
6,089 feet (1,856 metres)
Named after
Cheyennes
IATA airport code
CYS
United Nations Location Code
US CYS
Open location code
85HQ45QH+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151664104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5821086
Wiki­data ID
Q39042
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Cheyenne” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Cheyenne
  • Albanian: Cheyenne
  • Arabic: شايان، وايومنغ
  • Arabic: شايان
  • Arabic: شيان، وايومنغ
  • Arabic: شيان، وايومنگ
  • Aragonese: Cheyenne
  • Armenian: Շայեն
  • Asturian: Cheyenne
  • Azerbaijani: Şayenn
  • Basque: Cheyenne
  • Bavarian: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Bavarian: Cheyenne
  • Belarusian: Шаен
  • Bengali: শাইয়েন, ওয়াইয়োমিং
  • Bengali: শাইয়েন
  • Bosnian: Cheyenne
  • Breton: Cheyenne
  • Bulgarian: Шайен
  • Bulgarian: Шейен
  • Bulgarian: Шейенн
  • Catalan: Cheyenne
  • Cebuano: Cheyenne
  • Central Kurdish: چێیێن، وایۆمینگ
  • Central Kurdish: چێیێن
  • Chechen: Шайенн
  • Chinese: Cheyenne
  • Chinese: 夏安
  • Chinese: 夏延
  • Cornish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Cornish: Cheyenne
  • Corsican: Cheyenne
  • Czech: Cheyenne
  • Dagbani: Cheyenne
  • Danish: Cheyenne
  • Dimli (individual language): Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Dimli (individual language): Cheyenne
  • Dutch: Cheyenne
  • Egyptian Arabic: شايان, وايومنج
  • Egyptian Arabic: شايان
  • Esperanto: Cheyenne
  • Esperanto: Ŝajeno
  • Estonian: Cheyenne
  • Extremaduran: Cheyenne
  • Faroese: Cheyenne, Wyoming
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  • Finnish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Finnish: Cheyenne
  • French: Aéroport de Cheyenne
  • French: Cheyenne Airport
  • French: Cheyenne
  • Galician: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Galician: Cheyenne
  • German: Capital City
  • German: Cheyenne
  • German: Magic City of the Plains
  • German: The Frontier City
  • Gilaki: شاین (وایؤمينگ)
  • Gilaki: شاین
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽
  • Greek: Σαϊέν
  • Greek: Σεγιέν
  • Greek: Τσεγιέν
  • Gujarati: શેયેન
  • Haitian: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Haitian: Cheyenne
  • Hawaiian: Kene
  • Hebrew: שאיין
  • Hindi: चेयेने
  • Hungarian: Cheyenne
  • Icelandic: Cheyenne
  • Ido: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Ido: Cheyenne
  • Iloko: Cheyenne, Wyoming
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  • Indonesian: Cheyenne, Wyoming
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  • Interlingua: Cheyenne
  • Interlingue: Cheyenne
  • Irish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Irish: Cheyenne
  • Italian: Cheyenne
  • Japanese: シャイアン
  • Kannada: ಚೀಯೆನ್ನೆ
  • Karachay-Balkar: Шайенн (Вайоминг)
  • Karachay-Balkar: Шайенн
  • Kirghiz: Шайенн
  • Korean: 샤이엔
  • Kurdish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Kurdish: Cheyenne
  • Ladin: Cheyenne
  • Latin: Cheyenna
  • Latvian: Šaiena
  • Ligurian: Cheyenne
  • Lithuanian: Šajenas
  • Lombard: Cheyenne
  • Macedonian: Шаен
  • Macedonian: Шајен
  • Malagasy: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Malagasy: Cheyenne
  • Malay: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Malay: Cheyenne
  • Malayalam: ഷയേൻ, വയോമിങ്
  • Malayalam: ഷയേൻ
  • Manx: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Manx: Cheyenne
  • Marathi: चेयेनी
  • Marathi: शायान
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cheyenne
  • Moroccan Arabic: شييّن
  • Navajo: Gáagiitó Nʼdeetiin
  • Neapolitan: Cheyenne
  • Newari: चेइनी
  • Newari: शाइयन, वायोमिङ
  • Northern Frisian: Cheyenne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cheyenne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cheyenne
  • Norwegian: Cheyenne
  • Novial: Cheyenne
  • Occitan (post 1500): Cheyenne
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ċieanneburh
  • Ossetian: Шайенн
  • Pali: चेइनी
  • Persian: شاین، وایومینگ
  • Persian: شاین
  • Picard: Cheyenne
  • Piemontese: Cheyenne
  • Polish: Cheyenne
  • Portuguese: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Portuguese: Cheyenne
  • Romanian: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Romanian: Cheyenne
  • Romansh: Cheyenne
  • Russian: Шайенн
  • Samogitian: Šajens
  • Sanskrit: चेइनी
  • Sanskrit: चेयेन्
  • Sanskrit: शेयेन्
  • Sardinian: Cheyenne
  • Scots: Cheyenne
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cheyenne
  • Serbian: Cheyenne
  • Serbian: Шајен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cheyenne
  • Sicilian: Cheyenne
  • Silesian: Cheyenne
  • Sinhala: චයියැන්
  • Slovak: Cheyenne
  • Slovenian: Cheyenne
  • South Azerbaijani: چئین، ویومینق
  • Spanish: Cheyenne (Wyoming)
  • Spanish: Cheyenne
  • Swahili: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Swahili: Cheyenne
  • Swedish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Swedish: Cheyenne
  • Tagalog: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Tagalog: Cheyenne
  • Talysh: Šajenn
  • Tamil: செயென்
  • Tatar: Шаэнн
  • Telugu: చెయన్నే
  • Thai: ไชเอนน์
  • Thai: ไชแอนน์
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Cheyenne
  • Tumbuka: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Tumbuka: Cheyenne
  • Turkish: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Turkish: Cheyenne
  • Ukrainian: Шаєнн
  • Ukrainian: Шайєнн
  • Urdu: شاین، وائیومنگ
  • Urdu: شاین
  • Uzbek: Cheyenne
  • Venetian: Cheyenne
  • Vietnamese: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Vietnamese: Cheyenne
  • Volapük: Cheyenne
  • Waray (Philippines): Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Waray (Philippines): Cheyenne
  • Welsh: Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Welsh: Cheyenne
  • Western Frisian: Cheyenne
  • Western Mari: Шайенн
  • Western Panjabi: شاین
  • Wu Chinese: 夏延(怀俄明州)
  • Wu Chinese: 夏延
  • Yue Chinese: 夏延
  • Cheyenne
  • Šajens

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