Greater Columbus

Greater Columbus is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Columbus, in the center of Ohio. Its population was about 2.1 million in 2017, of which almost 900,000 lived in Columbus.

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is a city in , United States, and its county seat.
is the county seat of Knox County, .
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is a village of 2,600 people on the outskirts of Greater Columbus.

Greater Columbus

  • Economic region with about 2,140,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan area centered on Columbus, Ohio, USA
  • Also known as
    “18140”
    “Central Ohio”
    “Columbus area”
    “Columbus metro area”
    “Columbus metropolitan area”
    “Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio”
    “Columbus metropolitan statistical area”
    “Columbus, OH”
    “Columbus, OH Metro Area”
    “Columbus, OH metropolitan area”
    “Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area”
    “Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area”
  • Category: metropolitan statistical area
  • Location
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Latitude of center
39.9681° or 39° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
-82.8368° or 82° 50′ 12″ west
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Greater Columbus” goes by many names.
  • French: “Aire métropolitaine de Columbus”
  • German: “Metropolregion Columbus”
  • Italian: “Area metropolitana di Columbus”
  • Japanese: “コロンバス・オハイオ都市圏”
  • Persian: “منطقه کلان‌شهری کلمبوس”
  • Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Columbusa”
  • Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Columbus”
  • Ukrainian: “Колумбус, штат Огайо”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ، اوہائیو”
  • Urdu: “کولمبس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”

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