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Wayne County
City of Detroit

Detroit

Detroit is a major metropolis in the US state of that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, Detroit continues to shape both American and global culture.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Downtown Detroit and Midtown-New Center.

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is the central business district of Detroit, bordered by the Lodge Freeway to the west, the Fisher Freeway to the north, Interstate 375 to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.

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Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

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The of Detroit is home to some of the city's most prominent attractions, such as Belle Isle, a large island home to a day's worth of attractions of its own, and historic Eastern Market, the largest market in the United States.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Southwest Side and Hamtramck-Highland Park.

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The of Detroit is 2 miles outside of . It is home to popular ethnically diverse neighborhoods, such as Corktown and Mexicantown.

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The cities Hamtramck and Highland Park are enclaves of the City of Detroit.

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The is in Detroit. While primarily a residential area, west Detroit is home to some great historic neighborhoods. It is bounded by 8 Mile to the north, the city of Redford to the west, Woodward Avenue, and M-10 to the east, and Michigan Avenue and the city of Dearborn to the south.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ford Field and Comerica Park.

Stadium
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is a domed American football stadium located in . It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League, the Mid-American Conference championship…

Stadium
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is an outdoor baseball stadium in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It has been the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball since its opening in 2000.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association, respectively.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windsor and Lafayette Park.

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is a mid-sized city on the southwest tip of . It's an extremely multicultural city with over 20% of its population having been born outside of Canada.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located east of . It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015.

Suburb
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is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of .

Detroit

Latitude
42.3316° or 42° 19′ 54″ north
Longitude
-83.0466° or 83° 2′ 48″ west
Population
672,000
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
IATA airport code
DTT
United Nations Location Code
US DET
Open location code
86JR8XJ3+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18994998
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4990729
Wiki­data ID
Q12439
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Detroit” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Detroit”
  • Albanian: “Detroit”
  • Amharic: “ዲትሮይት”
  • Arabic: “ديترويت”
  • Aragonese: “Detroit”
  • Armenian: “Դետրոյթ”
  • Asturian: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Asturian: “Detroit”
  • Asturian: “la ciudá del motor”
  • Azerbaijani: “Detroyt”
  • Balinese: “Detroit”
  • Bambara: “Détroit”
  • Bashkir: “Детройт”
  • Basque: “Detroit”
  • Bavarian: “Détroit”
  • Belarusian: “Дэтройт”
  • Bengali: “ডেট্রয়েট”
  • Bengali: “ডেট্রোয়েট”
  • Bosnian: “Detroit”
  • Breton: “Detroit”
  • Bulgarian: “Детройт”
  • Catalan: “Detroit”
  • Cebuano: “Detroit”
  • Central Kurdish: “دێترۆیت”
  • Chavacano: “Detroit”
  • Chechen: “Детройт”
  • Chinese: “Detroit”
  • Chinese: “底特律”
  • Chuvash: “Детройт”
  • Cornish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Cornish: “Detroit”
  • Corsican: “Detroit”
  • Croatian: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Croatian: “Detroit”
  • Czech: “Detroit”
  • Dagbani: “Detroit”
  • Danish: “Detroit”
  • Dutch: “Detroit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديترويت”
  • Esperanto: “Detroit”
  • Esperanto: “Detrojto”
  • Estonian: “Detroit”
  • Extremaduran: “Detroit”
  • Faroese: “Detroit”
  • Finnish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Finnish: “Detroit”
  • French: “Détroit, Michigan”
  • French: “Detroit”
  • French: “Détroit”
  • French: “Ville de Détroit”
  • French: “Ville du Moteur”
  • Galician: “Detroit”
  • Georgian: “დეტროიტი”
  • German: “Detroiit”
  • German: “Detroit (Michigan)”
  • German: “Detroit”
  • German: “Motor City”
  • German: “Stadt Detroit”
  • Gilaki: “ديترؤیت (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “ديترؤیت”
  • Greek: “Ντι”
  • Greek: “Ντιτρόιτ, Μίσιγκαν”
  • Greek: “Ντιτρόιτ”
  • Guarani: “Detroit”
  • Gujarati: “ડેટ્રોઇટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Detroit”
  • Hausa: “Detroit”
  • Hebrew: “דטרויט”
  • Hindi: “डेट्राइट, मिशिगन”
  • Hindi: “डेट्राइट”
  • Hindi: “डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन”
  • Hindi: “डैट्रोयट”
  • Hungarian: “Detroit”
  • Icelandic: “Detroit”
  • Ido: “Detroit”
  • Igbo: “Detroit”
  • Iloko: “Detroit”
  • Indonesian: “City of Detroit”
  • Indonesian: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Indonesian: “Detroit”
  • Indonesian: “Motor City”
  • Indonesian: “The D”
  • Interlingua: “Detroit”
  • Interlingue: “Detroit”
  • Irish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Irish: “Detroit”
  • Italian: “Detroit”
  • Japanese: “デトロイト”
  • Kannada: “ಡೆಟ್ರಾಯಿಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Детройт, Мичиган”
  • Kazakh: “Детройт”
  • Kikuyu: “Detroit”
  • Kirghiz: “Детрoйт”
  • Kirghiz: “Детройт”
  • Kölsch: “Detroiit”
  • Korean: “디트로이트”
  • Kurdish: “Detroit”
  • Ladin: “Detroit”
  • Latin: “Detroitum”
  • Latvian: “Detroita”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Detroit”
  • Literary Chinese: “底特律”
  • Lithuanian: “Detroitas”
  • Lombard: “Detroit”
  • Low German: “Detroit”
  • Luxembourgish: “Detroit”
  • Macedonian: “Детроит”
  • Malagasy: “Detroit”
  • Malay: “Detroit”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെട്രോയിറ്റ്”
  • Maltese: “Detroit”
  • Marathi: “डीट्रॉइट”
  • Marathi: “डेट्रॉईट”
  • Mazanderani: “دیترویت”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Detroit”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Detroit”
  • Mingrelian: “დეთროითი”
  • Mingrelian: “დეტროიტი”
  • Moksha: “Дэтройт”
  • Mongolian: “Детройт”
  • Navajo: “Tónaazyínítaʼ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Detroit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroit”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Detroit”
  • Norwegian: “Detroit”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Detroit”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dēotford”
  • Ossetian: “Детройт”
  • Pampanga: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Pampanga: “Detroit”
  • Panjabi: “ਡਿਟਰਾਇਟ”
  • Panjabi: “ਡਿਟਰੋਇਟ”
  • Persian: “دیترویت”
  • Persian: “میشیگان”
  • Piemontese: “Detroit”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Detroiit”
  • Polish: “Detroit”
  • Portuguese: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Portuguese: “Detroit”
  • Quechua: “Detroit”
  • Romanian: “Detroit”
  • Russian: “Detroit”
  • Russian: “Детройт (город)”
  • Russian: “Детройт (Мичиган)”
  • Russian: “Детройт (США)”
  • Russian: “Детройт”
  • Samogitian: “Detruoits”
  • Sardinian: “Detroit”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Detroit”
  • Scots: “Detroit”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Detroit”
  • Serbian: “Детроит”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Detroit”
  • Sicilian: “Detroit”
  • Silesian: “Detroit”
  • Sinhala: “ඩෙට්‍රොයිට්”
  • Slovak: “Detroit”
  • Slovenian: “Detroit”
  • Slovenian: “Motor City”
  • Somali: “Detroit”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دیترویت”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Detroit”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del Motor”
  • Spanish: “Detroit (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Detroit”
  • Swahili: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Swahili: “Detroit”
  • Swedish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Swedish: “Detroit”
  • Swiss German: “Detroiit”
  • Tagalog: “Detroit”
  • Tahitian: “Detroit”
  • Tajik: “Детройт”
  • Talysh: “Detrojt”
  • Talysh: “Detroyt”
  • Tamil: “டிட்ராயிட்”
  • Tamil: “டிட்ராய்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Детройт”
  • Telugu: “డెట్రాయిట్”
  • Tetum: “Detroit”
  • Thai: “ดีทรอยต์”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Detroit”
  • Turkish: “Detroit, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Detroit”
  • Turkmen: “Detroýt”
  • Twi: “Detroit”
  • Uighur: “Détroyt”
  • Uighur: “دېترويىت”
  • Ukrainian: “Детройт”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Detroit”
  • Urdu: “ڈیٹرائٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Detroit”
  • Uzbek: “Detroyt”
  • Venetian: “Detroit”
  • Veps: “Detroit”
  • Vietnamese: “Detroit”
  • Vlax Romani: “Detroit”
  • Volapük: “Detroit”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Detroit”
  • Welsh: “Detroit”
  • Western Armenian: “Տիթրոյթ”
  • Western Frisian: “Detroit”
  • Western Mari: “Детройт”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیٹروئٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “底特律”
  • Yakut: “Детройт”
  • Yiddish: “דעטרויט”
  • Yoruba: “Detroit”
  • Yue Chinese: “底特律”
  • “Detroit”
  • “Detruoits”

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