Ottumwa

Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 25,529 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves by the .
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  • Type: City with 25,500 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Ottumwa (Iowa)”, “Ottumwa, IA”, “Ottumwa, Iowa”, “Оттамуа (Айова)”, “Оттумwа”, “أوتوموا (آيوا)”, and “어텀와”
  • Postal code: 52501

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ottumwa station and Wapello County Courthouse.

Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ottumwa, , United States.

Courthouse
Photo: Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was built in 1894 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States.

Library
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is a public library located in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, United States.

Ottumwa

Latitude
41.0196° or 41° 1′ 10″ north
Longitude
-92.4117° or 92° 24′ 42″ west
Population
25,500
Elevation
673 feet (205 metres)
IATA airport code
OTM
UN/LOCODE
US OTM
Open location code
86H92H9Q+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151774708
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4870380
Wiki­data ID
Q853566
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ottumwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوتوموا”
  • Basque: “Ottumwa”
  • Catalan: “Ottumwa”
  • Cebuano: “Ottumwa”
  • Chechen: “Оттамва”
  • Chinese: “奥塔姆瓦”
  • Chinese: “奧塔姆瓦”
  • Czech: “Ottumwa”
  • Dagbani: “Ottumwa”
  • Danish: “Ottumwa”
  • Dutch: “Ottumwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوتوموا”
  • French: “Ottumwa”
  • German: “Ottumwa”
  • Gilaki: “اوتوما (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “اوتوما”
  • Haitian: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Ottumwa”
  • Hebrew: “אוטומווה”
  • Hungarian: “Ottumwa”
  • Ido: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Ottumwa”
  • Interlingua: “Ottumwa”
  • Irish: “Ottumwa”
  • Italian: “Ottumwa”
  • Japanese: “オタムワ”
  • Kazakh: “Ottwmva”
  • Kazakh: “Оттумва”
  • Kazakh: “وتتۋمۆا”
  • Kirghiz: “Оттумва”
  • Korean: “오텀와”
  • Ladin: “Ottumwa”
  • Malagasy: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Ottumwa”
  • Mazanderani: “اوتوموا (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “اوتوموا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ottumwa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ottumwa”
  • Norwegian: “Ottumwa”
  • Persian: “اوتوموا، آیووا”
  • Persian: “اوتوموا”
  • Polish: “Ottumwa”
  • Portuguese: “Ottumwa”
  • Romanian: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Russian: “Оттамуа”
  • Serbian: “Ottumwa”
  • Serbian: “Отамва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ottumwa”
  • Slovak: “Ottumwa”
  • Slovenian: “Ottumwa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوتوموا، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Ottumwa”
  • Swedish: “Ottumwa”
  • Tatar: “Оттамва”
  • Turkish: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Ottumwa”
  • Ukrainian: “Оттамва”
  • Urdu: “آٹوموا، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “آٹوموا”
  • Uzbek: “Ottumwa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ottumwa”
  • Volapük: “Ottumwa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ottumwa”
  • Welsh: “Ottumwa, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Ottumwa”

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