Metropolis

Metropolis is a small city in Southern probably named out of wishful thinking which hasn't really been borne out. The town's current claim to fame is as the host for a floating riverboat casino run by the Harrah's casino chain of , .
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  • Type: Town with 5,970 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Metropolis City”, “Metropolis, IL”, and “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 62960

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Massac and Massac Memorial Hospital.

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
is a French colonial and early National-era fort on the Ohio River in , United States. Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Hospital building
is a 25-bed general medical and surgical hospital located in Metropolis, Illinois, United States. In 2011, the hospital had 1,002 admissions, 10,031 emergency department visits, and 25,365 outpatient visits.

Metropolis

Latitude
37.1512° or 37° 9′ 4″ north
Longitude
-88.732° or 88° 43′ 55″ west
Population
5,970
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Inception
1839
United Nations Location Code
US MET
Open location code
869H5729+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153490026
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4244462
Wiki­data ID
Q304036
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Metropolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متروبوليس”
  • Basque: “Metropolis”
  • Bulgarian: “Метрополис”
  • Catalan: “Metropolis”
  • Cebuano: “Metropolis”
  • Chechen: “Метрополис”
  • Chinese: “Metropolis”
  • Chinese: “梅特罗波利斯”
  • Croatian: “Metropolis”
  • Danish: “Metropolis”
  • Dutch: “Metropolis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متروبوليس”
  • French: “Metropolis”
  • German: “Metropolis”
  • Gilaki: “متروپؤليس (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “متروپؤليس”
  • Haitian: “Metropolis, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Metropolis”
  • Hebrew: “מטרופוליס”
  • Hungarian: “Metropolis”
  • Ido: “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Metropolis”
  • Irish: “Metropolis”
  • Italian: “Metropolis”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリス”
  • Korean: “메트로폴리스”
  • Ladin: “Metropolis”
  • Mazanderani: “متروپلیس (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “متروپلیس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Metropolis”
  • Newari: “मेट्रोपोलिस (इलियोनोई)”
  • Newari: “मेट्रोपोलिस, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “मेट्रोपोलिस, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “मेट्रोपोलिस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Metropolis”
  • Norwegian: “Metropolis”
  • Persian: “متروپلیس”
  • Persian: “متروپولیس، ایلینوی”
  • Polish: “Metropolis”
  • Portuguese: “Metropolis”
  • Russian: “Метрополис”
  • Serbian: “Метрополис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Metropolis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “متروپلیس، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Metropolis (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Metropolis”
  • Swedish: “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Metropolis”
  • Tatar: “Метрополис”
  • Ukrainian: “Метрополіс”
  • Urdu: “میٹروپولس، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “میٹروپولس”
  • Uzbek: “Metropolis”
  • Vietnamese: “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Metropolis”
  • Volapük: “Metropolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Metropolis”
  • Welsh: “Metropolis, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Metropolis”

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