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Madison

Madison, the capital of , is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the , it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.
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  • Type: City with 263,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Madison”, “Madison, WI”, and “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Postal codes: 53701-53708, 53711, 53713-53719, 53725, 53726, 53744, 53777-53779, 53782-53786, and 53788-53794

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wisconsin State Capitol and Kohl Center.

Town hall
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The , located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor.

Stadium
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The is a multi-purpose arena located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, . The arena opened in 1998 and is the home of the university's men's basketball and ice hockey teams, and the women's basketball team.

Theater building
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is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The center opened on September 19, 2004, replacing the former Civic Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monona.

Village
Photo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in , United States. A suburb of the state capital, Madison, the city lies on the southeastern shore of , from which it takes its name. The population was 8,624 at the 2020 census.

Madison

Latitude
43.0747° or 43° 4′ 29″ north
Longitude
-89.3842° or 89° 23′ 3″ west
Population
263,000
Elevation
876 feet (267 metres)
IATA airport code
MSN
United Nations Location Code
US MSN
Open location code
86MG3JF8+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29941752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5261457
Wiki­data ID
Q43788
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Madison” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Madison”
  • Albanian: “Madison”
  • Arabic: “ماديسون، وسكنسن”
  • Arabic: “ماديسون”
  • Aragonese: “Madison”
  • Armenian: “Մեդիսոն”
  • Asturian: “Madison”
  • Azerbaijani: “Madison”
  • Balinese: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Basque: “Madison”
  • Belarusian: “Мадысан”
  • Belarusian: “Мэдысан”
  • Bengali: “ম্যাডিসন, উইসকনসিন”
  • Bengali: “ম্যাডিসন”
  • Bosnian: “Madison”
  • Breton: “Madison”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадисън”
  • Bulgarian: “Медисън”
  • Catalan: “Madison”
  • Cebuano: “Madison”
  • Central Kurdish: “مادیسن، ویسکۆنسن”
  • Central Kurdish: “مادیسن”
  • Chechen: “Медисон”
  • Chinese: “Madison”
  • Chinese: “麥迪臣”
  • Chinese: “麥迪遜”
  • Chinese: “麦迪逊 / 麥迪遜”
  • Chinese: “麦迪逊”
  • Chinese: “麦迪逊市”
  • Cornish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Cornish: “Madison”
  • Corsican: “Madison”
  • Croatian: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Croatian: “Madison”
  • Czech: “Madison”
  • Danish: “Madison”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Madison”
  • Dutch: “Madison”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماديسون”
  • Esperanto: “Madison”
  • Esperanto: “Madisono”
  • Estonian: “Madison”
  • Extremaduran: “Madison”
  • Faroese: “Madison”
  • Finnish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Finnish: “Madison”
  • French: “Madison”
  • Galician: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Galician: “Madison”
  • Georgian: “მადისონი”
  • Georgian: “მედისონი”
  • German: “Madison”
  • Gilaki: “مديسؤن (ويسکانسين)”
  • Gilaki: “مديسؤن”
  • Gothic: “𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌽”
  • Greek: “Μάντισον”
  • Gujarati: “મેડિસન”
  • Haitian: “Madison, Wiskonnsin”
  • Haitian: “Madison”
  • Hebrew: “מדיסון”
  • Hindi: “मैडिसन”
  • Hungarian: “Madison”
  • Icelandic: “Madison”
  • Ido: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Ido: “Madison”
  • Iloko: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Iloko: “Madison”
  • Indonesian: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Indonesian: “Madison”
  • Interlingua: “Madison”
  • Interlingue: “Madison”
  • Irish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Irish: “Madison”
  • Italian: “Madison”
  • Japanese: “マディソン”
  • Kannada: “ಮ್ಯಾಡಿಸನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Мадисон”
  • Kirghiz: “Мадисон”
  • Korean: “매디슨”
  • Kurdish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Kurdish: “Madison”
  • Ladin: “Madison”
  • Latin: “Madisonia”
  • Latvian: “Medisona”
  • Ligurian: “Madison”
  • Lithuanian: “Madisonas”
  • Lombard: “Madison”
  • Luxembourgish: “Madison”
  • Macedonian: “Медисон”
  • Malagasy: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Malagasy: “Madison”
  • Malay: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Malay: “Madison”
  • Malayalam: “മാഡിസൺ, വിസ്കോൺസിൻ”
  • Malayalam: “മാഡിസൺ”
  • Maltese: “Madison”
  • Marathi: “मॅडिसन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Madison”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ماديسون”
  • Navajo: “Beʼekʼidtaʼ”
  • Nepali: “मान्डिसन”
  • Newari: “मेडिसन”
  • Newari: “म्यादिसन, विस्कन्सिन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madison”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Madison”
  • Norwegian: “Madison”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Madison”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Mædison (Wiscōnsēn)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Mædisunu, Wiscōnsēn”
  • Ossetian: “Мадисон”
  • Ossetian: “Мэдисон”
  • Pali: “मेडिसन”
  • Papiamento: “Madison”
  • Persian: “مادیسون”
  • Persian: “مدیسن، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “مدیسن”
  • Persian: “مدیسون، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “مدیسون”
  • Piemontese: “Madison”
  • Polish: “Madison”
  • Portuguese: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Portuguese: “Madison”
  • Romanian: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Madison”
  • Russian: “Мадисон”
  • Samogitian: “Madisons”
  • Sanskrit: “माडिसन्”
  • Sardinian: “Madison”
  • Scots: “Madison”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Madison”
  • Serbian: “Madison”
  • Serbian: “Медисон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madison”
  • Sicilian: “Madison”
  • Silesian: “Madison”
  • Sinhala: “මැඩිසන්”
  • Slovak: “Madison”
  • Slovenian: “Madison”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مدیسن، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Madison (Wisconsin)”
  • Spanish: “Madison”
  • Swahili: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Swahili: “Madison”
  • Swedish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Swedish: “Madison”
  • Tagalog: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Tagalog: “Madison”
  • Talysh: “Madison”
  • Tamil: “மேடிசன்”
  • Tatar: “Мәдисен”
  • Tatar: “Мәдисон”
  • Telugu: “మాడిసన్”
  • Thai: “แมดิสัน”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Madison”
  • Tumbuka: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Tumbuka: “Madison”
  • Turkish: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Madison”
  • Ukrainian: “Медісон”
  • Urdu: “میڈیسون، وسکونسن”
  • Urdu: “میڈیسون”
  • Venetian: “Madison”
  • Vietnamese: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Madison”
  • Vlax Romani: “Madison”
  • Volapük: “Madison”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Madison”
  • Welsh: “Madison, Wisconsin”
  • Welsh: “Madison”
  • Western Frisian: “Madison”
  • Western Mari: “Мэдисон”
  • Western Panjabi: “میڈیسن، وسکونسن”
  • Western Panjabi: “میڈیسن”
  • Wu Chinese: “麦迪逊”
  • Yue Chinese: “麥迪臣”
  • “Madison”
  • “Madisons”

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