Helena

Helena is the state capital of , in the part of the state. Visitors come to see Helena’s historic Last Chance Gulch, and its mansion district once home to Helena’s gold mining millionaires.
Photo: RTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: RTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: City with 34,700 residents
  • Description: state capital of Montana, United States and seat of Lewis and Clark County
  • Also known as: Crabtown”, “Epł Yuts’mn”, “Helena, Montana”, “Helena, MT”, “Hopkinsville”, and “Last Chance Gulch
  • Postal codes: 59601, 59602, 59604, 59620, and 59623-59626
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montana State Capitol and Cathedral of Saint Helena.

Government office
The is the state capitol of the U.S. state of that houses the Montana State Legislature which is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue.

Church
Photo: SWD, Public domain.
The is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Montana, United States. Modeled by architect A.O. Von Herbulis after the Votivkirche in Vienna, Austria, the construction began on the cathedral in 1908, and held its first mass in November 1914.

Theater building
is a theatre in Helena, Montana. It is one of Montana's largest theatres. Located in historic downtown Helena, the community theatre presents several plays, musicals, and youth extravaganzas each year.

Helena

Latitude
46.5927° or 46° 35′ 34″ north
Longitude
-112.0363° or 112° 2′ 11″ west
Population
34,700
Elevation
4,058 feet (1,237 metres)
IATA airport code
HLN
United Nations Location Code
US HLN
Open location code
85R9HXV7+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150937386
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5656882
Wiki­data ID
Q38733
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Helena” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Helena, Montana
  • Afrikaans: Helena
  • Albanian: Helena
  • Amharic: ኸለና፣ ሞንታና
  • Arabic: هلينا، مونتانا
  • Arabic: هيلينا
  • Aragonese: Helena
  • Armenian: Հելենա
  • Asturian: Helena, Montana
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  • Azerbaijani: Helena
  • Basque: Helena
  • Belarusian: Хелена (Мантана)
  • Belarusian: Хелена
  • Bengali: হেলেনা
  • Bislama: Helena, Montana
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  • Breton: Helena
  • Bulgarian: Хелена
  • Bulgarian: Хелина
  • Catalan: Helena
  • Cebuano: Helena
  • Central Kurdish: ھێڵینا، مۆنتانا
  • Chechen: Гелена (гӀала)
  • Chechen: Гелена
  • Chinese: Helena
  • Chinese: 海伦娜
  • Chinese: 海倫娜
  • Chinese: 赫勒拿
  • Cornish: Helena, Montana
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  • Dimli (individual language): Helena, Montana
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  • Egyptian Arabic: هيلينا
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  • Finnish: Helena, Montana
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  • Galician: Helena, Montana
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  • Georgian: ჰელენა
  • German: Helena
  • Gilaki: هلنا
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌽𐌰
  • Greek: Χέλενα
  • Gujarati: હેલેના
  • Haitian: Helena, Montana
  • Haitian: Helena
  • Hausa: Birnin Helena
  • Hebrew: הלנה
  • Hindi: हेलेना
  • Hungarian: Helena
  • Icelandic: Helena
  • Ido: Helena, Montana
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  • Indonesian: Helena (Montana)
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  • Irish: Helena, Montana
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  • Italian: Helena, Montana
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  • Japanese: ヘレナ
  • Kannada: ಹೆಲೆನ
  • Kazakh: Хэлена
  • Kirghiz: Хелена
  • Kirghiz: Хэлена
  • Komering: Helena, Montana
  • Korean: 헬레나
  • Kurdish: Helena, Montana
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  • Ladin: Helena
  • Latin: Helenopolis
  • Latvian: Helena
  • Latvian: Helina
  • Ligurian: Helena
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Helena, Montana
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  • Lithuanian: Helena
  • Lombard: Helena, Montana
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  • Macedonian: Хелена
  • Malagasy: Helena, Montana
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  • Malay: Helena, Montana
  • Malay: Helena
  • Malayalam: ഹെലെന, മൊണ്ടാന
  • Malayalam: ഹെലെന
  • Marathi: हेलेना
  • Mazanderani: هلنا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Helena
  • Mirandese: Helena
  • Mongolian: Хэлина
  • Neapolitan: Helena
  • Newari: हेलेना, मोन्ताना
  • Newari: हेलेना
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Helena
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Helena i Montana
  • Norwegian: Helena
  • Novial: Helena
  • Occitan (post 1500): Helena
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Hǣlēna, Muntǣna
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Helena
  • Ossetian: Хеленæ
  • Pali: हेलेना
  • Pampanga: Helena, Montana
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  • Papiamento: Helena, Montana
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  • Persian: هلنا، مونتانا
  • Persian: هلنا
  • Piemontese: Helena
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  • Russian: Helena, Montana
  • Russian: Хелена
  • Sanskrit: हेलेना
  • Sardinian: Helena
  • Scots: Helena, Montana
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  • Serbian: Хелена
  • Serbo-Croatian: Helena, Montana
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  • Silesian: Helena
  • Sindhi: هيلينا
  • Sinhala: හෙලේනා
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  • South Azerbaijani: هلنا، مونتانا
  • Spanish: Helena (Montana)
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  • Tagalog: Helena, Montana
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  • Talysh: Helena
  • Tamil: ஹெலேனா
  • Tatar: Гелена
  • Telugu: హెలెనా
  • Thai: เฮเลนา
  • Turkish: Helena, Montana
  • Turkish: Helena
  • Ukrainian: Гелена
  • Ukrainian: Геліна
  • Ukrainian: Хелена
  • Ukrainian: Хеліна
  • Urdu: ہیلینا، مونٹانا
  • Urdu: ہیلینا
  • Uzbek: Helena
  • Venetian: Helena
  • Vietnamese: Helena, Montana
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  • Volapük: Helena
  • Waray (Philippines): Helena, Montana
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  • Welsh: Helena, Montana
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  • Western Frisian: Helena
  • Western Mari: Хелена
  • Western Panjabi: ہیلینا
  • Wu Chinese: 海伦娜(蒙大拿州)
  • Wu Chinese: 海伦娜
  • Yue Chinese: 海倫娜
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