Nanaimo

Nanaimo is the central hub city of in , . It is the second largest city on the island and has the second biggest harbour. In many ways it is the smaller cousin of .
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  • Type: City with 99,900 residents
  • Description: city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: Nanaimo, BC” and “Nanaimo, British Columbia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport and Port Place Shopping Centre.

Aerodrome
Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome is a seaplane base serving the city of Nanaimo, , . It is located in the , right downtown.

Shopping center
is a hybrid indoor/outdoor shopping mall located in Nanaimo, , Canada. It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space, which reduced its floor space to approximately 134,478 square feet prior to the addition of new retail and office space.

Museum
The is a museum located in Nanaimo, , Canada; it opened in November 1967.

Nanaimo

Latitude
49.1639° or 49° 9′ 50″ north
Longitude
-123.9381° or 123° 56′ 17″ west
Population
99,900
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
YCD
United Nations Location Code
CA NNO
Open location code
84XR5376+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52556169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6085772
Wiki­data ID
Q16461
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Nanaimo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Nanaimo
  • Arabic: نانيامو إي
  • Arabic: نانيامو، كولومبيا البريطانية
  • Arabic: نانيامو
  • Armenian: Նանայմո
  • Asturian: Nanaimo
  • Azerbaijani: Nanaymo
  • Belarusian: Нанайма
  • Bengali: ন্যানাইমু
  • Bulgarian: Нанаимо
  • Catalan: Nanaimo
  • Cebuano: Nanaimo
  • Chinese: 納奈莫
  • Chinese: 纳奈莫
  • Chinese: 那乃磨
  • Croatian: Nanaimo
  • Czech: Nanaimo
  • Danish: Nanaimo
  • Dimli (individual language): Nanaimo, Kolombiyay Britanya
  • Dutch: Nanaimo
  • Egyptian Arabic: نانيامو اى, كولومبيا البريطانيه
  • Esperanto: Nanaimo
  • Estonian: Nanaimo
  • Finnish: Nanaimo
  • French: Nanaimo
  • German: Nanaimo
  • Greek: Νανάιμο
  • Gujarati: નનૈમો
  • Hausa: Nanaimo
  • Hebrew: נאנאימו
  • Hindi: नानाइमो
  • Indonesian: Nanaimo
  • Irish: Nanaimo
  • Italian: Nanaimo
  • Japanese: ナナイモ
  • Kannada: ನಾನೈಮೊ
  • Korean: 나나이모
  • Korean: 너나이모
  • Latvian: Nanaimo
  • Lithuanian: Nanaimas
  • Malagasy: Nanaimo
  • Malay: Nanaimo
  • Marathi: ननाइमो
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nanaimo
  • Norwegian: Nanaimo
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nanaimo
  • Persian: نانایمو، بریتیش کلمبیا
  • Persian: نانایمو
  • Polish: Nanaimo
  • Portuguese: Nanaimo
  • Romanian: Nanaimo
  • Russian: Нанаймо (Британская Колумбия)
  • Russian: Нанаймо
  • Serbian: Нанајмо
  • Silesian: Nanaimo
  • Sinhala: නනයිමෝ
  • Slovak: Nanaimo
  • Slovenian: Nanaimo
  • South Azerbaijani: نانایمو
  • Spanish: Nanaimo (Columbia Británica)
  • Spanish: Nanaimo
  • Swahili: Nanaimo, British Kolumbia
  • Swedish: Nanaimo
  • Tamil: நானைமோ
  • Telugu: నానైమో
  • Thai: นาไนโม
  • Turkish: Nanaimo
  • Ukrainian: Нанаймо
  • Urdu: نانائیمو، برٹش کولمبیا
  • Urdu: ننائیمو
  • Vietnamese: Nanaimo
  • Volapük: Nanaimo
  • Waray (Philippines): Nanaimo
  • Welsh: Nanaimo
  • Western Panjabi: نانائمو
  • Yue Chinese: 那乃磨

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