South
Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish

Houma

Houma is a small city in south central . It is the seat and largest city in Terrebonne Parish, and the center of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: City with 32,700 residents
  • Description: only incorporated city and parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Houma, LA” and “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Postal codes: 70360, 70361, 70363, and 70364

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vandebilt Catholic High School.

School
is a private diocesan co-educational institution for grades 8-12 located in , and in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. It is located in the unincorporated area of , near Houma.

Houma

Latitude
29.5958° or 29° 35′ 45″ north
Longitude
-90.7195° or 90° 43′ 10″ west
Population
32,700
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
IATA airport code
HUM
United Nations Location Code
US HUM
Open location code
76XFH7WJ+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151501279
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4328010
Wiki­data ID
Q388503
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Houma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوما”
  • Basque: “Houma”
  • Cebuano: “Houma”
  • Chechen: “Гоума”
  • Chinese: “Houma”
  • Chinese: “霍玛”
  • Chinese: “霍马”
  • Czech: “Houma”
  • Dagbani: “Houma”
  • Danish: “Houma”
  • Dutch: “Houma”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هوما”
  • French: “Houma”
  • Galician: “Houma”
  • German: “Houma”
  • Gilaki: “هۊما (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “هۊما”
  • Haitian: “Houma, Lwizyana”
  • Haitian: “Houma”
  • Hebrew: “הומה”
  • Hungarian: “Houma”
  • Irish: “Houma”
  • Italian: “Houma”
  • Japanese: “ヒューマ (ルイジアナ州)”
  • Japanese: “ホーマ”
  • Japanese: “ホウマ”
  • Korean: “호마”
  • Ladin: “Houma”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Houma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Houma”
  • Norwegian: “Houma”
  • Persian: “هوما، لوئیزیانا”
  • Persian: “هوما”
  • Polish: “Houma”
  • Portuguese: “Houma”
  • Russian: “Хума”
  • Serbian: “Houma”
  • Serbian: “Хоума”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Houma”
  • Slovak: “Houma”
  • Slovenian: “Houma”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هوما، لوئیزیانا”
  • Spanish: “Houma (Luisiana)”
  • Spanish: “Houma”
  • Swahili: “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Swahili: “Houma”
  • Swedish: “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Swedish: “Houma”
  • Tatar: “Гоума”
  • Turkish: “Bossier City”
  • Turkish: “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Turkish: “Houma”
  • Ukrainian: “Гоума”
  • Urdu: “ہووما، لوزیانا”
  • Urdu: “ہووما”
  • Uzbek: “Houma”
  • Venetian: “Houma”
  • Volapük: “Houma”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houma, Louisiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houma”

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