NW Minnesota
Becker
City of Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes is a city and the county seat of , Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census. Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000 midsummers, due to seasonal residents and tourists.
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  • Type: Town with 9,980 residents
  • Description: city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Detroit Lakes”, “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”, and “Detroit Lakes, MN”
  • Postal codes: 56501 and 56502

Places of Interest

Highlights include Detroit Lakes station and Detroit Lakes Airport.

Railway station
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. The building was originally built by the Northern Pacific Railroad and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988 as the Northern Pacific Passenger Depot.

Aerodrome
is a city-owned public-use located two miles west of the central business district of Detroit Lakes, a city in , , .

Detroit Lakes

Latitude
46.8172° or 46° 49′ 2″ north
Longitude
-95.8453° or 95° 50′ 43″ west
Population
9,980
Elevation
1,371 feet (418 metres)
IATA airport code
DTL
United Nations Location Code
US DTL
Open location code
86R6R583+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151857594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5024237
Wiki­data ID
Q1898538
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Detroit Lakes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ديترويت ليكس”
  • Basque: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Catalan: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Cebuano: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Chechen: “Детройт-Лейкс”
  • Chinese: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Chinese: “底特律莱克斯”
  • Chinese: “底特律萊克斯”
  • Czech: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Danish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Dutch: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديترويت ليكس”
  • French: “Detroit Lakes”
  • German: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Gilaki: “ديترؤیت لیکس (مينسؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “ديترؤیت لیکس”
  • Greek: “Ντιτρόιτ Λέικς”
  • Haitian: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Haitian: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Hungarian: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Ido: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Ido: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Irish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Italian: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Japanese: “デトロイト・レイクス”
  • Kazakh: “Detroýt Léýks”
  • Kazakh: “Детройт Лэйкс”
  • Kazakh: “دەترويت لەيكس”
  • Kirghiz: “Детройт Лэйкс”
  • Korean: “디트로이트레이크스”
  • Ladin: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Macedonian: “Детроит Езера, Минесота”
  • Macedonian: “Детроит Езера”
  • Malagasy: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Malagasy: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Mazanderani: “دیترویت لیکس (مینه‌سوتا)”
  • Mazanderani: “دیترویت لیکس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Persian: “دیترویت لیکز، مینه سوتا”
  • Persian: “دیترویت لیکز، مینهٔ سوتا”
  • Persian: “دیترویت لیکس، مینه‌سوتا”
  • Persian: “دیترویت لیکس”
  • Polish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Portuguese: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Russian: “Детройт-Лейкс”
  • Serbian: “Детроит Лејкс”
  • Serbian: “Дитројт Лејкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Slovak: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Slovenian: “Detroit Lakes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دیترویت لیکس، مینه‌سوتا”
  • Spanish: “Detroit Lakes (Minnesota)”
  • Spanish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Swedish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Tatar: “Детройт-Лейкс”
  • Turkish: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Turkish: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Ukrainian: “Детройт-Лейкс”
  • Urdu: “ڈیٹروئٹ لیکس، مینیسوٹا”
  • Urdu: “ڈیٹروئٹ لیکس”
  • Uzbek: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Uzbek: “Детроит Лакес”
  • Vietnamese: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Vietnamese: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Volapük: “Detroit Lakes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Detroit Lakes”
  • Welsh: “Detroit Lakes, Minnesota‎”

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