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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of and also the state’s largest city. Efforts to beautify and modernize the city have brought Indianapolis into the 21st century as a world-class destination for everything from business meetings and trade conventions to backpackers making their way across the States.
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  • Type: City with 882,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County
  • Also known as: “Amateur Sports Capital of the World”, “Circle City”, “Crossroads of America”, “India-no-place”, “Indianapolis, IN”, “Indianapolis, Ind.”, “Indianapolis, Indiana”, “Indpls”, “INDPLS”, “Indy”, “Naptown”, “Racing Capital of the World”, and “Railroad City”
  • Postal codes: 46201-46209, 46211, 46214, 46216-46222, 46224-46231, 46234-46237, 46239-46242, 46244, 46247, 46249-46251, 46253-46256, 46259, 46260, 46266, 46268, 46274, 46275, 46277, 46278, 46282, 46283, 46285, 46291, 46295, and 46298
  • Neighbors: , , , , , and
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil Stadium.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Stadium
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is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.

Public building
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The Indiana Statehouse is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of . It houses the Indiana General Assembly, the office of the Governor of Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court, and other state officials.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Northside Historic District and Mass Ave Cultural Arts District.

Neighborhood
Old Northside is a residential neighborhood near downtown in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is bordered by 16th Street on the north, Pennsylvania Street on the west, Interstate I-65 on the south, and Bellefontaine Street on the east.

Neighborhood
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The , colloquially known as Mass Ave, is a designated cultural district in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The district centers on 0.86 miles of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus at New York and Delaware streets to its northern terminus at Bellefontaine Street.

Locality
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Chatham–Arch is a neighborhood located immediately east of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. This neighborhood is one of the oldest in Indianapolis, dating back to the mid 19th century.

Indianapolis

Latitude
39.7683° or 39° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
-86.1584° or 86° 9′ 30″ west
Population
882,000
Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)
IATA airport code
IND
United Nations Location Code
US IND
Open location code
86FMQR9R+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153353016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
4259418
Wiki­data ID
Q6346
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Indianapolis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Indianapolis”
  • Albanian: “Indianapolis”
  • Amharic: “ኢንዲያናፖሊስ”
  • Arabic: “إنديانابولس”
  • Arabic: “إنديانابوليس”
  • Aragonese: “Indianapolis”
  • Armenian: “Ինդիանապոլիս”
  • Asturian: “Indianapolis”
  • Asturian: “Indianápolis”
  • Asturian: “Indy”
  • Azerbaijani: “İndianapolis”
  • Balinese: “Indianapolis”
  • Bambara: “Indianapolis”
  • Basque: “Indianapolis”
  • Belarusian: “Індыянапаліс”
  • Bengali: “ইন্ডিয়ানাপলিস”
  • Bengali: “ইন্ডিয়ানাপোলিস”
  • Bislama: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Bislama: “Indianapolis”
  • Bosnian: “Indianapolis”
  • Breton: “Indianapolis”
  • Bulgarian: “Индианаполис”
  • Catalan: “Indianapolis”
  • Catalan: “Indianàpolis”
  • Cebuano: “Indianapolis”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیندیاناپۆلیس”
  • Chechen: “Индианаполис”
  • Chinese: “Indianapolis”
  • Chinese: “印第安納波利斯”
  • Chinese: “印第安纳波利斯”
  • Cornish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Cornish: “Indianapolis”
  • Corsican: “Indianapolis”
  • Croatian: “Indianapolis”
  • Czech: “Indianapolis”
  • Dagbani: “Indianapolis”
  • Danish: “Indianapolis”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Indianapolis”
  • Dutch: “Indianapolis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انديانابوليس”
  • Esperanto: “Indianapolis”
  • Esperanto: “Indianapolo”
  • Estonian: “Indianapolis”
  • Extremaduran: “Indianapolis”
  • Faroese: “Indianapolis”
  • Finnish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Finnish: “Indianapolis”
  • French: “Indianapolis”
  • Galician: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Galician: “Indianapolis”
  • Gan Chinese: “印第安納波利斯”
  • Georgian: “ინდიანაპოლისი”
  • German: “Indianapolis”
  • Gilaki: “ايندياناپؤليس (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “ايندياناپؤليس”
  • Gothic: “𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍉𐌻𐌹𐍃”
  • Greek: “Indy”
  • Greek: “Ινδιανάπολη”
  • Greek: “Ιντιανάπολις”
  • Guarani: “Indianápolis”
  • Gujarati: “ઇન્ડિયાનાપોલિસ”
  • Haitian: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Indianapolis”
  • Hebrew: “אינדיאנפוליס”
  • Hindi: “इंडियानापोलिस”
  • Hungarian: “Indianapolis”
  • Icelandic: “Indianapolis”
  • Ido: “Indianapolis”
  • Iloko: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Iloko: “Indianapolis”
  • Inari Sami: “Indianapolis”
  • Indonesian: “Indianapolis”
  • Interlingua: “Indianapolis”
  • Interlingue: “Indianapolis”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᓐᑎᐋᓈᐳᓕᔅ”
  • Irish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Irish: “Indianapolis”
  • Italian: “Indianapolis”
  • Japanese: “インディアナポリス”
  • Kabyle: “Indianapolis”
  • Kannada: “ಇಂಡಿಯಾನಾಪೊಲೀಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Индианаполис”
  • Kashmiri: “اِنٛڈیاناپولِس”
  • Kazakh: “Индианаполис”
  • Kirghiz: “Индианаполис”
  • Korean: “인디애나폴리스”
  • Kurdish: “Indianapolis”
  • Ladin: “Indianapolis”
  • Latin: “Indianapolis”
  • Latvian: “Indianapolisa”
  • Ligurian: “Indianapolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Indianapolis”
  • Lombard: “Indianapolis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Indianapolis”
  • Macedonian: “Индијанаполис”
  • Malagasy: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Malagasy: “Indianapolis”
  • Malay: “Indianapolis”
  • Malayalam: “ഇന്ത്യനാപോളിസ്, ഇന്ത്യാന”
  • Malayalam: “ഇന്ത്യനാപോളിസ്”
  • Marathi: “इंडियानापोलिस”
  • Mazanderani: “ایندیاناپلیس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Indianapolis”
  • Mingrelian: “ინდიანაპოლისი”
  • Mongolian: “Индианаполис”
  • Navajo: “Séíłgaiinílį́”
  • Newari: “इन्डियानापोलिस”
  • Newari: “इन्दियानापोलिस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Indianapolis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Indianapolis”
  • Norwegian: “Indianapolis”
  • Novial: “Indianapolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Indianapòlis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indiǣnapolis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indiǣnburg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indiǣnburh”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indiǣnceaster”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indiǣnopolis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Indigabyrg”
  • Ossetian: “Индианаполис”
  • Pali: “इन्डियानापोलिस”
  • Pampanga: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Pampanga: “Indianapolis”
  • Panjabi: “ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Indianapolis”
  • Persian: “ایندیاناپلیس”
  • Persian: “ایندیاناپولیس”
  • Piemontese: “Indianapolis”
  • Polish: “Circle City”
  • Polish: “Crossroads of America”
  • Polish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Polish: “Indianapolis”
  • Polish: “INDPLS”
  • Polish: “Indy”
  • Polish: “Naptown”
  • Polish: “Racing Capital of the World”
  • Portuguese: “Indianapolis”
  • Portuguese: “Indianápolis”
  • Quechua: “Indianapolis”
  • Romanian: “Indianapolis”
  • Russian: “Индианаполис”
  • Samogitian: “Indianapolės”
  • Sanskrit: “इन्डियानापोलिस्”
  • Sardinian: “Indianàpolis”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Indianapolis”
  • Scots: “Indianapolis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Indianapolis”
  • Serbian: “Индијанаполис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Indianapolis”
  • Sicilian: “Indianapolis”
  • Silesian: “Indianapolis”
  • Sindhi: “انڊياناپولس”
  • Sinhala: “ඉන්දියානාපොලිස්”
  • Slovak: “Indianapolis”
  • Slovenian: “Indianapolis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایندیاناپولیس”
  • Spanish: “Capital Mundial de las Carreras”
  • Spanish: “Capital Mundial del Deporte Amateur”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Circle”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del Ferrocarril”
  • Spanish: “Encrucijada de América”
  • Spanish: “Indianápolis (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Indianápolis”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Indianapolis”
  • Swahili: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Swahili: “Indianapolis”
  • Swedish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Indianapolis”
  • Tagalog: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Tagalog: “Indianapolis”
  • Tagalog: “Indiyanapolis”
  • Tajik: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Talysh: “İndianapolis (İndiana)”
  • Talysh: “Indianapolis”
  • Tamil: “இண்டியனாபலிஸ்”
  • Tamil: “இண்டியானாபொலிஸ்”
  • Tamil: “இன்டியனாபொலிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Индианаполис”
  • Telugu: “ఇండియానాపోలిస్”
  • Thai: “อินเดียแนโพลิส”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Indianapolis”
  • Turkish: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Indianapolis”
  • Turkmen: “Indianapolis”
  • Twi: “Indianapolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Індіанаполіс”
  • Urdu: “انڈیاناپولس، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “انڈیاناپولس”
  • Uzbek: “Indianapolis”
  • Venetian: “Indianapolis”
  • Veps: “Indianapolis”
  • Vietnamese: “Indianapolis, Indiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Indianapolis”
  • Vlax Romani: “Indianapolis”
  • Volapük: “Indianapolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Indianapolis”
  • Welsh: “Indianapolis”
  • Western Armenian: “Ինտիանափոլիս”
  • Western Frisian: “Indianapolis”
  • Western Mari: “Индианаполис”
  • Western Panjabi: “انڈیاناپولس”
  • Wu Chinese: “印第安纳波利斯”
  • Yakut: “Индианаполис”
  • Yiddish: “אינדי”
  • Yiddish: “אינדיאנאפאליס”
  • Yoruba: “Indianapolis”
  • Yue Chinese: “印第安納波利斯”
  • “Indianapolis”
  • “Indianàpulis”
  • “ma tomo Insijenapoli”

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