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Kannapolis

Kannapolis is a city in , roughly 15 minutes north of by car. It is known primarily as the home of the Earnhardt auto-racing family, and the former home of a large textile industry.
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  • Type: City with 47,800 residents
  • Description: city in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Kannapolis, NC” and “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Postal codes: 28081-28083
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kannapolis station and Gem Theatre.

Railway station
Photo: Patriarca12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Amtrak train station in Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. It is located at 201 South Main Street, within walking distance of and the North Carolina Research Campus, in downtown Kannapolis.

Movie theater
Photo: Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0.
The in Kannapolis, North Carolina is a theater first opened December 31, 1936, built by Cannon Mills for its workers. The Gem is one of the oldest movie theaters with one screen in the United States.

Sports venue
is a baseball stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina. As of March 2021, it is the home of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, the Carolina League affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, replacing Intimidators Stadium.

Kannapolis

Latitude
35.498° or 35° 29′ 53″ north
Longitude
-80.624° or 80° 37′ 26″ west
Population
47,800
Elevation
801 feet (244 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US KNP
Open location code
867XF9XG+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154079283
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4474040
Wiki­data ID
Q2029146
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kannapolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانابوليس”
  • Basque: “Kannapolis”
  • Bulgarian: “Канаполис”
  • Cebuano: “Kannapolis”
  • Chechen: “Каннаполис”
  • Chinese: “Kannapolis”
  • Chinese: “坎納波利斯”
  • Chinese: “坎纳波利斯”
  • Chinese: “坎那珀里斯”
  • Czech: “Kannapolis”
  • Danish: “Kannapolis”
  • Dutch: “Kannapolis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانابوليس”
  • French: “Kannapolis”
  • German: “Kannapolis”
  • Gilaki: “کاناپؤليس (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “کاناپؤليس”
  • Haitian: “Kannapolis, Kawolin dinò”
  • Haitian: “Kannapolis”
  • Hebrew: “קאנאפוליס”
  • Hungarian: “Kannapolis”
  • Indonesian: “Kannapolis, Carolina Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Kannapolis”
  • Irish: “Kannapolis”
  • Italian: “Kannapolis”
  • Japanese: “カナポリス”
  • Ladin: “Kannapolis”
  • Malagasy: “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Kannapolis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kannapolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kannapolis”
  • Norwegian: “Kannapolis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lōmaceaster”
  • Persian: “کنپلیس، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “کنپلیس”
  • Polish: “Kannapolis”
  • Portuguese: “Kannapolis”
  • Russian: “Каннаполис”
  • Serbian: “Канаполис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kannapolis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنپلیس، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Kannapolis (Carolina del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Kannapolis”
  • Swedish: “Kannapolis”
  • Tatar: “Каннаполис”
  • Turkish: “Kannapolis, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Kannapolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Каннаполіс”
  • Urdu: “کیناپولس، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Kannapolis”
  • Uzbek: “Каннаполис”
  • Volapük: “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Kannapolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannapolis”
  • Welsh: “Kannapolis, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Kannapolis”

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