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.
  • Type: City with 47,800 residents
  • Description: city in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Kannapolis (Carolina del Norte)”, “Kannapolis, NC”, “Kannapolis, North Carolina”, and “坎那珀里斯”
  • Postal codes: 28081-28083
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kannapolis station and Gem Theatre.

Railway station
is an Amtrak train station in Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States.

Movie theater
The in Kannapolis, North Carolina…

Sports venue
is a baseball stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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)
UN/LOCODE
US KNP
Open location code
867XF9XG+59
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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: “坎納波利斯”
  • Chinese: “坎纳波利斯”
  • 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”
  • Swedish: “Kannapolis”
  • Tatar: “Каннаполис”
  • Turkish: “Kannapolis, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Kannapolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Каннаполіс”
  • Urdu: “کیناپولس، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Kannapolis”
  • Volapük: “Kannapolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannapolis, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannapolis”
  • Welsh: “Kannapolis, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Kannapolis”

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