Elko

Elko is a city in and the county seat of , United States. As of the 2020 census, Elko had a population of 20,564. Elko serves as the center of the , a region with a population of over 55,000.
Photo: Yarkob, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 21,000 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Elko County, Nevada, United States
  • Also known as: “Ballous Addition”, “Elko, Nevada”, and “Elko, NV”
  • Postal codes: 89801-89803

Places of Interest

Highlights: Elko station and Crystal Theatre.

Railway station
is a train station in Elko, Nevada.

Movie theater
is a historic theater in Elko, Nevada.

Aerodrome
– formerly Elko Municipal…

Elko

Latitude
40.8327° or 40° 49′ 58″ north
Longitude
-115.7631° or 115° 45′ 47″ west
Population
21,000
Elevation
5,066 feet (1,544 metres)
IATA airport code
EKO
UN/LOCODE
US EKO
Open location code
85G6R6MP+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Elko” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إلكو”
  • Basque: “Elko”
  • Belarusian: “Элка”
  • Bulgarian: “Елко”
  • Catalan: “Elko”
  • Cebuano: “Elko”
  • Chechen: “Элко”
  • Chinese: “埃尔科”
  • Chinese: “埃爾科”
  • Czech: “Elko”
  • Dagbani: “Elko”
  • Danish: “Elko”
  • Dutch: “Elko”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكو”
  • Estonian: “Elko”
  • Finnish: “Elko (Nevada)”
  • Finnish: “Elko”
  • French: “Elko”
  • German: “Elko”
  • Gilaki: “الکو (نوادا)”
  • Gilaki: “الکو”
  • Haitian: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Haitian: “Elko”
  • Hausa: “Birnin Elko”
  • Hebrew: “אלקו”
  • Hindi: “एल्को”
  • Hungarian: “Elko”
  • Irish: “Contae Elko, Nevada”
  • Irish: “Contae Elko”
  • Italian: “Elko”
  • Japanese: “エルコ”
  • Kazakh: “Élko”
  • Kazakh: “Элко”
  • Kazakh: “ەلكو”
  • Kirghiz: “Элко”
  • Korean: “엘코”
  • Ladin: “Elko”
  • Malagasy: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Malagasy: “Elko”
  • Mazanderani: “الکو (نوادا)”
  • Mazanderani: “الکو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Elko”
  • Navajo: “Tsé Yadiitłʼiní”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elko”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elko”
  • Norwegian: “Elko”
  • Persian: “ایلکو، نوادا”
  • Persian: “ایلکو”
  • Polish: “Elko”
  • Portuguese: “Elko”
  • Romanian: “Elko”
  • Russian: “Элко”
  • Serbian: “Елко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elko”
  • Slovak: “Elko”
  • Slovenian: “Elko”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الکو، نوادا”
  • Spanish: “Elko”
  • Swedish: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Swedish: “Elko”
  • Tatar: “Элко”
  • Turkish: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Turkish: “Elko”
  • Ukrainian: “Елко”
  • Urdu: “ایلکو، نیواڈا”
  • Urdu: “ایلکو”
  • Uzbek: “Elko”
  • Vietnamese: “Elko, Nevada”
  • Vietnamese: “Elko”
  • Volapük: “Elko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Elko, Nevada”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Elko”
  • Welsh: “Elko, Nevada‎”

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