Dubuque

Dubuque, founded in 1833, is the oldest city in . A port on the upper , it is situated along scenic bluffs facing the river, and has its roots in a mining and trading settlement established in the area by -born entrepreneur Julien Dubuque in 1788.
Photo: Dirk, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Dirk, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: City with 59,700 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Dubuque, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Dubuque (Iowa)”, “Dubuque, IA”, “Dubuque, Iowa”, “Дубуқуе”, “Дубьюк (Айова)”, “Дубьюк (Йова)”, and “ドゥビューク”
  • Postal codes: 52001-52004 and 52099

Places of Interest

Highlights: Loras College and St. Raphael’s Cathedral.

University
is a private college in Dubuque, Iowa, United States.

Church
St. Raphael's Cathedral is a cathedral…

Theater building
is a multi-purpose facility in downtown Dubuque, Iowa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Dubuque and Port of Dubuque.

Village
is a city in , , United States.

Neighborhood
The is the section of downtown…

Hamlet
, Iowa was a small unincorporated …

Dubuque

Latitude
42.5006° or 42° 30′ 2″ north
Longitude
-90.6648° or 90° 39′ 53″ west
Population
59,700
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Established
1833
IATA airport code
DBQ
UN/LOCODE
US DBQ
Open location code
86JFG82P+63
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dubuque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دوبوك”
  • Arabic: “دوبيوك”
  • Armenian: “Դուբյուք”
  • Basque: “Dubuque”
  • Bengali: “ডিবুক”
  • Bulgarian: “Дъбюк”
  • Catalan: “Dubuque”
  • Cebuano: “Dubuque”
  • Chechen: “Дюбюк”
  • Chinese: “迪比克”
  • Czech: “Dubuque”
  • Dagbani: “Dubuque”
  • Danish: “Dubuque”
  • Dutch: “Dubuque”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوبوك”
  • Estonian: “Dubuque”
  • Finnish: “Dubuque”
  • French: “Dubuque”
  • German: “Dubuque”
  • Gilaki: “دۊبۊک (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “دۊبۊک”
  • Greek: “Ντουμπούκ”
  • Gujarati: “ડુબુક્યુ”
  • Haitian: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Dubuque”
  • Hebrew: “דובוק”
  • Hindi: “डब्यूक्यू”
  • Hungarian: “Dubuque”
  • Ido: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Dubuque”
  • Indonesian: “Dubuque”
  • Interlingua: “Dubuque”
  • Irish: “Dubuque”
  • Italian: “Dubuque”
  • Japanese: “ダビューク”
  • Kannada: “ಡುಬಾಕ್ಯೂ”
  • Kazakh: “Dwbwgyu”
  • Kazakh: “Дубугю”
  • Kazakh: “دۋبۋگيۋ”
  • Kirghiz: “Дубугю”
  • Korean: “더뷰크”
  • Ladin: “Dubuque”
  • Latvian: “Dubjūka”
  • Latvian: “Dubuka”
  • Lithuanian: “Dubuka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Dubuque”
  • Malagasy: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Dubuque”
  • Malay: “Dubuque”
  • Marathi: “डबक्यू”
  • Marathi: “डुब्युक”
  • Mazanderani: “دوبوک (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “دوبوک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dubuque”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dubuque”
  • Norwegian: “Dubuque”
  • Persian: “دوبوک”
  • Polish: “Dubuque”
  • Portuguese: “Dubuque”
  • Russian: “Дабек”
  • Russian: “Дубьюк”
  • Serbian: “Dubjuk”
  • Serbian: “Дубјук”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dubuque”
  • Silesian: “Dubuque”
  • Sinhala: “ඩබියුක්”
  • Slovak: “Dubuque”
  • Slovenian: “Dubuque”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوبوک، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Dubuque”
  • Swedish: “Dubuque”
  • Tamil: “டுபுக்கி”
  • Tatar: “Дюбюк”
  • Telugu: “డబ్యుక్యు”
  • Thai: “ดูบิวก์”
  • Turkish: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Dubuque”
  • Ukrainian: “Дубук”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюбюк”
  • Urdu: “ڈوبیوک، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “ڈوبیوک”
  • Uzbek: “Dubuque”
  • Vietnamese: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Dubuque”
  • Volapük: “Dubuque”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dubuque”
  • Welsh: “Dubuque, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Dubuque”

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