McAlester

McAlester is a city in and the county seat of . The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census.
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  • Type: Town with 18,400 residents
  • Description: city in Oklahoma, United States
  • Also known as: MacAlister”, “MacAlister, OK”, “MacAlister, Oklahoma”, “MacAllister”, “MacAllister, OK”, “MacAllister, Oklahoma”, “McAlester, OK”, “McAlester, Oklahoma”, “South McAlester”, “South McAlester, OK”, and “South McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Postal codes: 74501 and 74502

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Prison
The , nicknamed "Big Mac", is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, , on 1,556 acres.

McAlester

Latitude
34.9335° or 34° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
-95.7698° or 95° 46′ 11″ west
Population
18,400
Elevation
735 feet (224 metres)
IATA airport code
MLC
United Nations Location Code
US MLC
Open location code
8666W6MJ+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151339723
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4542367
Wiki­data ID
Q1994656
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“McAlester” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ماكالستر
  • Armenian: Մակ-Ալեստեր
  • Basque: McAlester
  • Bulgarian: Макалестър
  • Catalan: McAlester
  • Cebuano: McAlester
  • Chechen: Макалестер
  • Chinese: McAlester
  • Chinese: 麥卡萊斯特
  • Chinese: 麦卡莱斯特
  • Dagbani: McAlester
  • Danish: McAlester
  • Dutch: McAlester
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماكالستر
  • French: McAlester
  • German: McAlester
  • Gilaki: مک‌آلستر (اؤکلاهؤما)
  • Gilaki: مک‌آلستر
  • Greek: Μακάλιστερ
  • Haitian: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Haitian: McAlester
  • Hebrew: מקאלסטר
  • Hungarian: McAlester
  • Ido: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Ido: McAlester
  • Interlingua: McAlester
  • Irish: McAlester
  • Italian: McAlester
  • Japanese: マカリスター/McAleaster
  • Japanese: マカリスター
  • Japanese: マカレスター
  • Japanese: マッカリスター
  • Kazakh: Mak Alester
  • Kazakh: Мак Алестер
  • Kazakh: ماك الەستەر
  • Kirghiz: Мак Алестер
  • Ladin: McAlester
  • Malagasy: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Malagasy: McAlester
  • Min Nan Chinese: McAlester
  • Moksha: Макалэстэр (Оклагома)
  • Moksha: Макалэстэр
  • Norwegian Bokmål: McAlester
  • Norwegian: McAlester
  • Persian: مکلیستر، اکلاهما
  • Persian: مکلیستر
  • Polish: McAlester
  • Portuguese: McAlester
  • Russian: Мак-Алестер
  • Serbian: Макалестер
  • Serbo-Croatian: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Serbo-Croatian: McAlester
  • South Azerbaijani: مکلیستر، اوکلاهوما
  • Spanish: McAlester (Oklahoma)
  • Spanish: McAlester
  • Swedish: McAlester
  • Tatar: Макалестер
  • Turkish: McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Turkish: McAlester
  • Ukrainian: Макалестер
  • Uzbek: McAlester
  • Uzbek: МcАлестер
  • Vietnamese: McAlester
  • Volapük: McAlester
  • Waray (Philippines): McAlester, Oklahoma
  • Waray (Philippines): McAlester
  • Welsh: McAlester, Oklahoma‎
  • Yakut: Макалестар

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