Orangeburg

Orangeburg is a city in . This town that started as a trading post between settlers and Native Americans in 1704 became a hotbed of tension and activism during the Civil Rights movement, culminating in the infamous Orangeburg Massacre on February 8, 1968 when local police opened fire and killed three students and injured many others.
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  • Type: City with 13,600 residents
  • Description: city in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Orangeburg (Carolina del Sur)”, “Orangeburg, SC”, “Orangeburg, South Carolina”, “Orangeburgh”, “Оранжеберг (Южная Каролина)”, “Оранжебург (Южная Каролина)”, “Оринджберг (Южная Каролина)”, and “Оринжебург (Южная Каролина)”
  • Postal codes: 29115-29118

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hotel Eutaw and Claflin University.

Historic building
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
, also known as the East Russell Street…

University
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a private historically black…

Stadium
Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 22,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Orangeburg

Latitude
33.4918° or 33° 29′ 31″ north
Longitude
-80.8556° or 80° 51′ 20″ west
Population
13,600
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
IATA airport code
OGB
UN/LOCODE
US OGB
Open location code
865XF4RV+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154136894
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4590184
Wiki­data ID
Q2276157
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Orangeburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أورانجبورغ”
  • Asturian: “Orangeburg”
  • Basque: “Orangeburg”
  • Catalan: “Orangeburg”
  • Cebuano: “Orangeburg”
  • Chechen: “Оранджбург”
  • Chinese: “奥兰治堡”
  • Chinese: “奧蘭治堡”
  • Czech: “Orangeburg”
  • Dagbani: “Orangeburg”
  • Danish: “Orangeburg”
  • Dutch: “Orangeburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورانجبورج”
  • Esperanto: “Orangeburg”
  • French: “Orangeburg”
  • German: “Orangeburg (South Carolina)”
  • German: “Orangeburg”
  • Gilaki: “اؤرنجبرگ (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “اؤرنجبرگ”
  • Haitian: “Orangeburg, Kawolin disid”
  • Hebrew: “אורנג’בורג”
  • Hungarian: “Orangeburg”
  • Irish: “Orangeburg”
  • Italian: “Orangeburg”
  • Japanese: “オレンジバーグ”
  • Korean: “오렌지버그”
  • Ladin: “Orangeburg”
  • Malagasy: “Orangeburg, South Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Orangeburg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Orangeburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Orangeburg”
  • Norwegian: “Orangeburg”
  • Persian: “ارینجبرگ، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “ارینجبرگ”
  • Polish: “Orangeburg”
  • Portuguese: “Orangeburg”
  • Russian: “Оранжберг”
  • Russian: “Оринджберг”
  • Serbian: “Оринџбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orangeburg, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orangeburg”
  • Slovak: “Orangeburg”
  • Slovenian: “Orangeburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ارینجبرق، گونئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Orangeburg”
  • Swedish: “Orangeburg, South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Orangeburg”
  • Tatar: “Оранджбург”
  • Turkish: “Orangeburg, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Orangeburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Оранджбург”
  • Urdu: “اورینجبرگ، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Orangeburg”
  • Volapük: “Orangeburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Orangeburg, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Orangeburg”
  • Welsh: “Orangeburg, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Orangeburg”
  • “Orangeburg”

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