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Oakland County

Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of . It is a principal county of the Detroit metropolitan area, containing the bulk of Detroit's northern suburbs.
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is a city in Oakland County in the state of . A suburb of Detroit, it is home to automaker Chrysler.

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is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of . Located roughly 26 miles northwest of , is part of the , and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit.

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is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of . A northern suburb of , is located about 15 miles north of .

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is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. A northern suburb of , is located about 25 miles north of .

is a suburb of in Oakland County, known for its trendy downtown shopping area and bars. 1 mile South of is Ferndale, a place very similar to , known for its large lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender population.

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is a suburban city in Oakland County, in the region of . It is one of Metro Detroit's major suburban commercial and business centers. Inside of is the enclave city of Lathrup Village.

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is a city in Oakland County in . It almost completely surrounds the smaller city of Farmington.

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is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of . A northwestern , is located roughly 25 miles northwest of .

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is a suburban city in Oakland County, . It is almost completely surrounded by Bloomfield Township.

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is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of . It is a northern suburb of located along the Woodward Corridor. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103.

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is a city in Oakland County, . It is about 20 miles due north of . Settlers arrived in what is now in 1817, making it the oldest settlement in Oakland County.

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is a small village in Oakland County in southeast , surrounded by Independence Township.

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is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of . A northern , is located within Southfield Township, roughly 20 miles northwest of .

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is a township in Oakland County. The area of the township along Orchard Lake road between 14 mile and a quarter mile north of Maple road, forms the “downtown” or the central economic artery of the township.

Oakland County

Latitude of center
42.6619° or 42° 39′ 43″ north
Longitude of center
-83.3804° or 83° 22′ 50″ west
Population
1,270,000
Elevation
961 feet (293 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2002312617
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5004223
Wiki­data ID
Q498024
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Oakland County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Oakland County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أوكلاند”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه أوكلاند، ميشيغان”
  • Armenian: “Օկլենդ շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Օքլենդ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Oakland”
  • Basque: “Oakland konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Oakland County, Michigan”
  • Bavarian: “Oakland County”
  • Belarusian: “Окленд”
  • Belarusian: “Оклэнд”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওকল্যান্ড কাউন্টি, মিশিগান”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওকল্যান্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Оукланд”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Oakland, MI”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Oakland, Michigan”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Oakland”
  • Catalan: “Comtat d’Oakland”
  • Cebuano: “Oakland County”
  • Chinese: “Oakland Kūn”
  • Chinese: “奥克兰县”
  • Chinese: “奧克蘭縣”
  • Danish: “Oakland County, Michigan”
  • Danish: “Oakland County”
  • Dutch: “Oakland County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكلاند كاونتى ميشيجان”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Oakland”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Oklando”
  • Finnish: “Oaklandin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Oakland”
  • French: “Comté d’Oakland”
  • Georgian: “ოუკლენდის ოლქი”
  • German: “Oakland County”
  • Gilaki: “اوکلاند ٚ شأرستان (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “اوکلاند ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία του Όουκλαντ (Μίσιγκαν)”
  • Greek: “κομητεία του Όουκλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אוקלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Oakland megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Oakland”
  • Italian: “contea di Oakland”
  • Italian: “Contea di Oakland”
  • Japanese: “オークランド・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “オークランド郡”
  • Korean: “오클랜드 군”
  • Korean: “오클랜드 카운티”
  • Korean: “오클랜드군”
  • Latin: “Oakland Comitatus”
  • Lithuanian: “Ouklando apygarda”
  • Low German: “Oakland County”
  • Mazanderani: “اوکلاند شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Oakland Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oakland Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oakland County”
  • Norwegian: “Oakland County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اوکلاند، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اوکلاند”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Oakland”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Oakland”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Oakland, Michigan”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Oakland”
  • Russian: “Окленд”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Oakland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oakland County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Оукланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oakland County, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oakland County”
  • Slovenian: “Oakland County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Oakland”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Oakland, Míchigan”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Oakland”
  • Swedish: “Oakland County”
  • Tatar: “Окленд (округ, Мичиган)”
  • Tatar: “Окленд”
  • Turkish: “Oakland County, MI”
  • Turkish: “Oakland County, Mich.”
  • Turkish: “Oakland County, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Oakland County”
  • Turkish: “Oakland ilçesi, MI”
  • Turkish: “Oakland ilçesi, Mich.”
  • Turkish: “Oakland ilçesi, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Oakland ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Окленд”
  • Urdu: “اوکلینڈ کاؤنٹی، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “اوکلینڈ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Oakland”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Oakland, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Oakland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Oakland, Michigan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Oakland”
  • Welsh: “Oakland County, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Oakland County”
  • Western Armenian: “Օքլենտ գաւառ”
  • Western Panjabi: “آکلینڈ کاؤنٹی”

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