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Ithaca

Ithaca is a small city in the region of central , at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake. In addition to being the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College, Ithaca is known for its several gorges and waterfalls, small eclectic shops and restaurants, and deep interest in politics.
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  • Type: City with 32,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tompkins County, New York, USA, enclosed by the town of the same name
  • Also known as: “Cayuga City”, “Ithaca (New York)”, “Ithaca, New York”, “Ithaca, NY”, “Ithica, New York”, “Markle’s Flats”, “Sodom”, and “The Flats”
  • Postal codes: 14850-14853

Places of Interest

Highlights include Willard Straight Hall and Ithaca City Hall.

Community center
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is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Conceived as a memorial to Willard Straight, its construction was initiated by his widow, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, with the aim of enriching student life.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

Theater building
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State Theatre of Ithaca is a historic, 1600-seat theatre located at Ithaca in that hosts various events from bands, to plays, to comedy acts, to silent films, and more.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cayuga Heights and South Hill.

Village
is a village in the Town of Ithaca, , United States, and a suburb of Ithaca, New York. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census.

Suburb
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 7,245 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located within the town of Ithaca.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in the town of Ithaca, , United States. The population was 572 at the 2010 census. It is located immediately east of the Cornell University campus.

Ithaca

Latitude
42.4396° or 42° 26′ 23″ north
Longitude
-76.4968° or 76° 29′ 49″ west
Population
32,000
Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)
IATA airport code
ITH
United Nations Location Code
US ITH
Open location code
87J5CGQ3+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158650556
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5122432
Wiki­data ID
Q217346
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Ithaca” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Afrikaans: “Ithaca”
  • Albanian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Albanian: “Ithaca”
  • Arabic: “إثاكا”
  • Armenian: “Իթակա”
  • Asturian: “Ithaca, Nueva York”
  • Asturian: “Ithaca”
  • Azerbaijani: “İtaka”
  • Basque: “Ithaca”
  • Belarusian: “Ітака”
  • Bengali: “ইথাকা”
  • Bulgarian: “Итака”
  • Catalan: “Ithaca”
  • Cebuano: “Ithaca”
  • Chechen: “Итака”
  • Chinese: “Ithaca”
  • Chinese: “伊萨卡”
  • Chinese: “伊薩卡”
  • Chinese: “綺色佳”
  • Chinese: “绮色佳”
  • Croatian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Croatian: “Ithaca”
  • Czech: “Ithaca”
  • Dagbani: “Ithaca”
  • Danish: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Danish: “Ithaca”
  • Dutch: “Ithaca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايثاكا (نيو يورك)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايثاكا”
  • Esperanto: “Itako”
  • Esperanto: “Ithaca”
  • Estonian: “Ithaca”
  • Finnish: “Ithaca”
  • French: “city of Ithaca”
  • French: “Ithaca, New York”
  • French: “Ithaca”
  • Galician: “Ithaca, Nova York”
  • Galician: “Ithaca”
  • Georgian: “ითაკა”
  • German: “Ithaca”
  • Gilaki: “ایتاکا (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “ایتاکا”
  • Greek: “Ιθάκα”
  • Greek: “Ίθακα”
  • Haitian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Haitian: “Ithaca”
  • Hebrew: “אית’קה”
  • Hebrew: “איתקה”
  • Hungarian: “Ithaca”
  • Inari Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Indonesian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Indonesian: “Ithaca”
  • Irish: “Ithaca”
  • Italian: “Ithaca”
  • Japanese: “イサカ”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨーク州イサカにある”
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: “Ithaca”
  • Kazakh: “Итака”
  • Korean: “뉴욕주 이타카”
  • Korean: “이사카”
  • Korean: “이타카”
  • Ladin: “Ithaca”
  • Latin: “Ithaca”
  • Latvian: “Itaka”
  • Lule Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Macedonian: “Итака”
  • Malagasy: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Malagasy: “Ithaca”
  • Malay: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Malay: “Ithaca”
  • Malayalam: “ഇറ്റാക്ക”
  • Marathi: “इथाका”
  • Mazanderani: “ایتاکا (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “ایتاکا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ithaca”
  • Northern Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ithaca”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ithaca i New York”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ithaca”
  • Norwegian: “Ithaca”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ithaca”
  • Ossetian: “Итакæ”
  • Persian: “ایتاکا، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “ایتاکا”
  • Pite Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Polish: “Ithaca”
  • Portuguese: “Ithaca”
  • Romanian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Romanian: “Ithaca”
  • Russian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Russian: “Итак”
  • Russian: “Итака Нью-Йорк”
  • Russian: “Итака, Нью-Йорк”
  • Russian: “Итака”
  • Russian: “Нью-Йорк Итака”
  • Scots: “Ithaca”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ithaca, Eabhraig Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ithaca”
  • Serbian: “Итака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ithaca”
  • Silesian: “Ithaca”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Slovak: “Ithaca”
  • Slovenian: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Slovenian: “Ithaca”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایتاکا، نیویورک”
  • Southern Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Spanish: “Ithaca (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Ithaca, NY”
  • Spanish: “Ithaca”
  • Swahili: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Swahili: “Ithaca”
  • Swedish: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Swedish: “Ithaca”
  • Tajik: “Итако,Ню-Йорк”
  • Tajik: “Итако”
  • Tamil: “இதாக்கா, நியூ யோர்க்”
  • Tatar: “Итака”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Ithaca”
  • Turkish: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Turkish: “Ithaca”
  • Ukrainian: “Ітака”
  • Ume Sami: “Ithaca”
  • Urdu: “اتھاکا، نیو یارک”
  • Vietnamese: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Ithaca”
  • Volapük: “Ithaca, New York”
  • Volapük: “Ithaca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ithaca, New York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ithaca”
  • Welsh: “Ithaca, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Ithaca”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊萨卡（纽约州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊萨卡”

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