Providence

Providence is the state capital and largest city in , as well as the third largest city in . It used to be a heavily industrialized bastion of organized crime, but Providence's recent renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots as an intellectual center.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Downtown Providence and College Hill.
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includes the core of the downtown…
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is a district in Providence, Rhode Island.
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is in Providence, Rhode Island.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Fox Point and Federal Hill.
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is a neighborhood in Providence, .
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is a district in Providence, located just west of the downtown area of the city.
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is a district in the northern area in Providence.
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Providence are the outer neighborhoods in the of Providence, RI.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhode Island School of Design and Rhode Island State House.
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University
The is a private art…
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Public building
The , the capitol of the U.S…
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Stadium
The is an indoor arena located in downtown Providence, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Providence and North Providence.
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is a city in Providence County…
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is a town in the area of .
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is the second largest city in by population with 83,000 residents in 2020.

Providence

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Latitude
41.824° or 41° 49′ 26″ north
Longitude
-71.4128° or 71° 24′ 46″ west
UN/LOCODE
US PVD
Open location code
87HCRHFP+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158811904
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5224151
Wiki­data ID
Q18383

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Providence” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Providence”
  • Albanian: “Providence”
  • Amharic: “ፕሮቪደንስ”
  • Arabic: “بروفيدنس، رود آيلند”
  • Arabic: “بروفيدنس”
  • Arabic: “بروفيدينس، رود أيلند”
  • Arabic: “پروڤيدنس، رود آيلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Providence”
  • Armenian: “Փրովիդենս”
  • Asturian: “Providence”
  • Azerbaijani: “Provans”
  • Azerbaijani: “Providens”
  • Balinese: “Providence, Nusa Rhode”
  • Basque: “Providence”
  • Belarusian: “Провідэнс”
  • Bengali: “প্রভিডেন্স, রোড আইল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “প্রভিডেন্স”
  • Bislama: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Bislama: “Providence”
  • Bosnian: “Providence”
  • Breton: “Providence”
  • Bulgarian: “Провидънс”
  • Catalan: “Providence”
  • Cebuano: “Providence”
  • Central Kurdish: “پڕۆڤیدێنس”
  • Chechen: “Провиденс”
  • Chinese: “普洛威頓斯”
  • Chinese: “普罗维登斯”
  • Cornish: “Providence, Ynys Rhode”
  • Cornish: “Providence”
  • Corsican: “Providence”
  • Croatian: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Croatian: “Providence”
  • Czech: “Providence”
  • Dagbani: “Providence”
  • Danish: “Providence”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Providence”
  • Dutch: “Providence”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بروفيدنس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پروڤيدانس رود ايلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Providence”
  • Esperanto: “Providenco”
  • Estonian: “Providence”
  • Extremaduran: “Providence”
  • Faroese: “Providence”
  • Finnish: “Providence”
  • French: “Providence”
  • Galician: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Galician: “Providence”
  • Georgian: “პროვიდენსი”
  • German: “Providence”
  • Gilaki: “پراويدنس (رؤد آیلند)”
  • Gilaki: “پراويدنس”
  • Gothic: “𐍀𐍂𐍉𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃”
  • Greek: “Πρόβιντενς”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રોવિડન્સ”
  • Haitian: “Providence, Rhode”
  • Haitian: “Providence”
  • Hausa: “Providence”
  • Hebrew: “פרובידנס”
  • Hindi: “प्रोविडेंस”
  • Hungarian: “Providence”
  • Icelandic: “Providence”
  • Ido: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Ido: “Providence”
  • Iloko: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Iloko: “Providence”
  • Indonesian: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Indonesian: “Providence”
  • Interlingua: “Providence”
  • Interlingue: “Providence”
  • Irish: “Providence, Oileán Rhode”
  • Irish: “Providence”
  • Italian: “Providence (Rhode Island)”
  • Italian: “Providence”
  • Japanese: “プロヴィデンス”
  • Japanese: “プロビデンス”
  • Javanese: “Providence”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಾವಿಡೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Kashmiri: “پرٛوویڈینس، روڈ آیلینٛڈ”
  • Kashmiri: “پرٛوویڈینس”
  • Kazakh: “Провиденс”
  • Kirghiz: “Провиденс”
  • Korean: “프로비던스”
  • Kurdish: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Kurdish: “Providence”
  • Ladin: “Providence”
  • Latin: “Providentia”
  • Latvian: “Providensa”
  • Ligurian: “Providence”
  • Lithuanian: “Providensas”
  • Lombard: “Providence”
  • Macedonian: “Провиденс”
  • Malagasy: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Malagasy: “Providence”
  • Malay: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Malay: “Providence”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രൊവിഡൻസ്, റോഡ് ഐലൻറ്”
  • Maltese: “Providence”
  • Manx: “Providence, Ellan Rhode”
  • Manx: “Providence”
  • Marathi: “प्रॉव्हिडन्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Providence”
  • Moksha: “Провидэнс”
  • Mongolian: “Провиденс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “پروڤيدونس”
  • Newari: “प्रभिदेन्स”
  • Newari: “प्रोभिडेन्स”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Providence”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Providence”
  • Norwegian: “Providence”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Providence”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Profentseburh on Rōdesīege”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Profentseburh”
  • Oromo: “Providence”
  • Ossetian: “Провиденс”
  • Pali: “प्रोभिडेन्स”
  • Pampanga: “Providence”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰੋਵਿਡੈਂਸ”
  • Persian: “پراویدنس”
  • Piemontese: “Providence”
  • Polish: “Providence”
  • Portuguese: “Providence”
  • Pushto: “پروويدنس”
  • Quechua: “Providence”
  • Romanian: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Romanian: “Providence”
  • Russian: “Провиденс”
  • Samogitian: “Provėdensos”
  • Sanskrit: “प्राविडेन्स्”
  • Sardinian: “Providence”
  • Scots: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Scots: “Providence”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Providence”
  • Serbian: “Providens”
  • Serbian: “Провиденс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Providence”
  • Sicilian: “Providence”
  • Silesian: “Providence”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රොවිඩන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Providence”
  • Slovenian: “Providence”
  • Somali: “Providence”
  • Spanish: “Providence (Rhode Island)”
  • Spanish: “Providence”
  • Spanish: “Providencia”
  • Swahili: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Swahili: “Providence”
  • Swedish: “Providence”
  • Tagalog: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Tagalog: “Providence”
  • Tajik: “Провиденс”
  • Talysh: “Provindens”
  • Tamil: “பிராவிடென்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Провиденс”
  • Telugu: “ప్రొవిడెన్స్”
  • Thai: “พรอวิเดนซ์”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Providence”
  • Turkish: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Turkish: “Providence”
  • Twi: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Twi: “Providence”
  • Ukrainian: “Провіденс”
  • Urdu: “پروویڈنس، روڈ آئلینڈ”
  • Urdu: “پروویڈنس”
  • Uzbek: “Provans”
  • Venetian: “Providence”
  • Vietnamese: “Providence, Đảo Rhode”
  • Vietnamese: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Vietnamese: “Providence”
  • Vlax Romani: “Providence”
  • Volapük: “Providence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Providence”
  • Welsh: “Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Welsh: “Providence”
  • Western Frisian: “Providence”
  • Western Mari: “Провиденс”
  • Western Panjabi: “پروویڈنس”
  • Wu Chinese: “普罗维登斯”
  • Yiddish: “פראווידענס”
  • Yue Chinese: “普洛維登斯”

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