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Memphis is the second largest city in the state of , after . The state rests in the southeastern portion of the United States. Memphis, with a population of more than 651,000, is also the county seat for Shelby County.
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  • Type: City with 633,000 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Memphis, Tennessee” and “Memphis, TN”
  • Postal codes: 37501, 37544, 38101, 38103-38109, 38111-38120, 38122, 38124-38128, 38130-38137, 38141, 38145, 38148, 38150-38152, 38157, 38159, 38161, 38163, 38166-38168, 38173-38175, 38177, 38181, 38182, 38184, 38186-38188, 38190, 38193, 38194, and 38197
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include FedExForum and Blues Hall of Fame.

Stadium
Photo: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association and the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the University of Memphis, both of whom previously played home games at the .

Museum
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The is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music.

Museum
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The is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the from the 17th century to the present.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beale Street and Downtown Memphis.

Neighborhood
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is a street in , which runs from the to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles. It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.

Suburb
is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee, and is located along the between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south, and Interstate 240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis.

Neighborhood
The Memphis is an area which was created to provide a central location for medical care, serving both Memphis and the Mid-South.

Memphis

Latitude
35.1382° or 35° 8′ 18″ north
Longitude
-90.0504° or 90° 3′ 2″ west
Population
633,000
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
IATA airport code
MEM
United Nations Location Code
US MEM
Open location code
867F4WQX+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151364154
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4641239
Wiki­data ID
Q16563
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Memphis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Afrikaans: “Memphis”
  • Albanian: “Memfis”
  • Albanian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Amharic: “መምፊስ፣ ቴነሲ”
  • Arabic: “ممفيس”
  • Armenian: “Մեմֆիս”
  • Asturian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Asturian: “Memphis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Memfis”
  • Balinese: “Memphis, Ténnessee”
  • Bambara: “Memphis”
  • Basque: “Memphis”
  • Belarusian: “Мемфіс”
  • Belarusian: “Мэмфіс”
  • Bengali: “মেমফিস”
  • Bengali: “মেম্ফিস”
  • Bosnian: “Memphis”
  • Breton: “Memphis”
  • Bulgarian: “Мемфис”
  • Catalan: “Memphis”
  • Cebuano: “Memphis”
  • Central Kurdish: “مێمفیس”
  • Chechen: “Мемфис”
  • Chinese: “Memphis”
  • Chinese: “孟菲斯”
  • Chinese: “孟非斯”
  • Chinese: “曼非斯”
  • Cornish: “Memphis, Tennessi”
  • Cornish: “Memphis”
  • Croatian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Croatian: “Memphis”
  • Czech: “Memphis”
  • Dagbani: “Memphis”
  • Danish: “Memphis”
  • Dutch: “Memphis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ممفيس”
  • Esperanto: “Memfiso”
  • Esperanto: “Memphis”
  • Estonian: “Memphis”
  • Faroese: “Memphis”
  • Finnish: “Memphis”
  • French: “Memphis”
  • Galician: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Galician: “Memphis”
  • Gan Chinese: “孟菲斯 (田納西州)”
  • Gan Chinese: “孟菲斯”
  • Georgian: “მემფისი”
  • German: “Memphis”
  • Gilaki: “ممفيس (تنسي)”
  • Gilaki: “ممفيس”
  • Greek: “Μέμφις”
  • Guarani: “Memphis”
  • Gujarati: “મેમ્ફિસ”
  • Haitian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Haitian: “Memphis”
  • Hausa: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Hausa: “Memphis”
  • Hawaiian: “Memapika”
  • Hebrew: “ממפיס”
  • Hindi: “मेम्फिस, टेनेसी”
  • Hindi: “मेम्फिस”
  • Hindi: “मेम्फ़िस”
  • Hungarian: “Memphis”
  • Icelandic: “Memphis”
  • Ido: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Ido: “Memphis”
  • Inari Sami: “Memphis”
  • Indonesian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Indonesian: “Memphis, TN”
  • Indonesian: “Memphis”
  • Interlingua: “Memphis”
  • Irish: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Irish: “Memphis”
  • Italian: “Memphis”
  • Japanese: “メンフィス・テネシー”
  • Japanese: “メンフィス”
  • Javanese: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Javanese: “Memphis”
  • Kabyle: “Memphis”
  • Kalaallisut: “Memphis”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಂಫಿಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Мемфис қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Мемфис”
  • Kirghiz: “Мемфис”
  • Korean: “멤피스”
  • Kurdish: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Kurdish: “Memphis”
  • Ladin: “Memphis”
  • Latin: “Memphis Tennesiae”
  • Latin: “Memphis”
  • Latvian: “Memfisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Memfis”
  • Lombard: “Memphis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Memphis”
  • Macedonian: “Мемфис”
  • Malagasy: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Malagasy: “Memphis”
  • Malay: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Malay: “Memphis”
  • Malayalam: “മെംഫിസ്”
  • Maltese: “Memphis”
  • Maori: “Mēpihi”
  • Marathi: “मेम्फिस”
  • Mazanderani: “ممفیس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Memphis”
  • Mingrelian: “მემფისი”
  • Moksha: “Мэмфис”
  • Mongolian: “Мемфис”
  • N'Ko: “ߡߊ߲ߝߌߛ”
  • Nauru: “Memphis”
  • Navajo: “Mąʼiitsoh Bitooh Yílį́”
  • Neapolitan: “Memphis”
  • Northern Sami: “Memphis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Memphis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Memphis”
  • Norwegian: “Memphis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Memphis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Memfis (Tennesīeg)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Memfis”
  • Ossetian: “Мемфис”
  • Pampanga: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Pampanga: “Memphis”
  • Papiamento: “Memphis”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Memphis”
  • Persian: “ممفیس، تنسی”
  • Persian: “ممفیس”
  • Piemontese: “Memphis”
  • Polish: “Memphis”
  • Portuguese: “Memphis”
  • Portuguese: “Mênfis”
  • Romanian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Romanian: “Memphis”
  • Russian: “Мемфис”
  • Sardinian: “Memphis”
  • Scots: “Memphis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Memphis”
  • Serbian: “Мемфис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Memphis”
  • Silesian: “Memphis”
  • Sinhala: “මෙම්ෆිස්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Memphis”
  • Slovak: “Memphis”
  • Slovenian: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Slovenian: “Memphis”
  • Somali: “Memfis, Tennessee”
  • Somali: “Memfis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ممفیس”
  • Spanish: “Memphis (Tennessee)”
  • Spanish: “Memphis”
  • Spanish: “Menfis”
  • Swahili: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Swahili: “Memphis”
  • Swedish: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Swedish: “Memphis”
  • Tagalog: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Tagalog: “Memphis”
  • Tajik: “Мемфис”
  • Talysh: “Memfis”
  • Tamil: “மெம்ஃபிஸ், டென்னிசி”
  • Tamil: “மெம்ஃபிஸ்”
  • Tamil: “மெம்பிசு”
  • Tatar: “Мемфис”
  • Telugu: “మెంఫిస్”
  • Thai: “เมมฟิส”
  • Turkish: “Memphis”
  • Turkmen: “Memfis”
  • Twi: “Memphis”
  • Uighur: “Mémfis, Ténnéssi”
  • Uighur: “Mémfis”
  • Ukrainian: “Мемфіс”
  • Urdu: “میمفس، ٹینیسی”
  • Urdu: “میمفس”
  • Uzbek: “Memfis”
  • Uzbek: “Memphis”
  • Venetian: “Memphis”
  • Veps: “Memfis”
  • Vietnamese: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Vietnamese: “Memphis”
  • Vlax Romani: “Memphis”
  • Volapük: “Memphis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Memphis”
  • Welsh: “Memphis, Tennessee”
  • Welsh: “Memphis”
  • Western Armenian: “Մեմֆիս”
  • Western Frisian: “Memfis”
  • Western Frisian: “Memphis”
  • Western Mari: “Мемфис”
  • Wu Chinese: “孟菲斯（田纳西州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “孟菲斯”
  • Yiddish: “מעמפיס”
  • Yoruba: “Memphis”
  • Yue Chinese: “孟非斯”
  • “Memphis”

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