Providence
Providence is the state capital and largest city in Rhode Island, as well as the third largest city in New England. It used to be an industrial bastion of organized crime, but Providence's Renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots.
Photo: Will Hart, CC BY 2.0.
Popular Destinations
Downtown Providence
Downtown Providence includes the core of the downtown area as well as Waterplace Park, the Providence Place Mall, and Capitol Hill. Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.College Hill
College Hill is a district in Providence, Rhode Island.Federal Hill
Federal Hill is a district in Providence, located just west of the downtown area of the city.South Providence
South Providence is in Providence, RI. It is a largely African-American and Hispanic community and the population of people is very culturally diverse.Notable Places in the Area
Brown University
University
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo: Dale182, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhode Island State House
Public building
The Rhode Island State House is the capitol of the state of Rhode Island, located on the border of the Downtown and Smith Hill sections of Providence. Photo: 121a0012, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design
Museum
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design is an art museum in Providence affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Rhodes Street Historic District
Historic site
Rhodes Street Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing one block of Rhodes Street in southern Providence, Rhode Island, along with the dead-end Janes and Alphonso Streets. Photo: Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Destinations
Fox Point
Fox Point is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island.Smith Hill
Smith Hill is a district in the northern area in Providence. Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.Localities in the Area
East Providence
East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, it is known as the Gateway to the East Bay. Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.Cranston
Cranston is the third largest city in Rhode Island by population with 79,269 residents as of the 2000 census. Photo: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.North Providence
North Providence is a town in the Providence County area of Rhode Island. Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.Providence
- Type: City
- Description: city in and state capital of Rhode Island, United States; county seat of Providence County
- Categories: state or insular area capital in the United States, city of the United States and big city
- Location: Providence County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- Postal codes: 02901-02909, 02912, 02918 and 02940
Latitude 41.824° or 41° 49' 26.4" north | Longitude -71.4128° or 71° 24' 46.2" west |
Population 175,000 | IATA airport code PVD |
United Nations Location Code US PVD | Elevation 7 feet (2 metres) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 158811904 | GeoNames ID 5224151 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Providence
- Albanian: Providence
- Amharic: ፕሮቪደንስ
- Arabic: Providence, Rhode Island
- Arabic: بروفيدنس
- Arabic: بروفيدنس، رود آيلاند
- Arabic: بروفيدنس، رود آيلند
- Arabic: بروفيدينس، رود أيلند
- Arabic: پروڤيدنس، رود آيلاند
- Aragonese: Providence
- Armenian: Փրովիդենս
- Asturian: Providence, Rhode Island
- Asturian: Providence
- Azerbaijani: Providens
- Basque: Providence
- Belarusian: Провідэнс
- Bengali: প্রভিডেন্স, রোড আইল্যান্ড
- Bislama: Providence, Rhode Island
- Bosnian: Providence
- Breton: Providence
- Bulgarian: Провидънс
- Catalan: Providence
- Cebuano: Providence (kapital sa estado)
- Cebuano: Providence
- Chinese: Providence
- Chinese: 普洛威頓斯
- Chinese: 普洛維登斯
- Chinese: 普罗维登斯
- Cornish: Providence, Ynys Rhode
- Corsican: Providence
- Croatian: Providence, Rhode Island
- Croatian: Providence
- Czech: Providence
- Danish: Providence
- Dimli (individual language): Providence, Rhode Island
- Dutch: Providence
- Egyptian Arabic: بروفيدنس
- English: Providence, RI
- English: Providence, Rhode Island
- Esperanto: Providence
- Estonian: Providence
- Extremaduran: Providence
- Faroese: Providence
- Finnish: Providence, Rhode Island
- Finnish: Providence
- French: Providence
- Galician: Providence, Rhode Island
- Georgian: პროვიდენსი
- German: Providence
- Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐍉𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃
- Greek: Πρόβιντενς
- Gujarati: પ્રોવિડન્સ
- Haitian: Providence, Rhode
- Haitian: Providence
- Hebrew: פרובידנס
- Hindi: प्रोविडेंस
- Hungarian: Providence
- Icelandic: Providence
- Ido: Providence, Rhode Island
- Ido: Providence
- Iloko: Providence
- Indonesian: Providence, Rhode Island
- Indonesian: Providence
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Providence, Rhode Island
- Interlingue: Providence
- Irish: Providence, Oileán Rhode
- Irish: Providence
- Italian: Providence
- Japanese: プロビデンス
- Japanese: プロヴィデンス
- Kannada: ಪ್ರಾವಿಡೆನ್ಸ್
- Kirghiz: Провиденс
- Korean: 프로비던스
- Kurdish: Providence
- Lao: Providence, Rhode Island
- Latin: Providentia
- Latvian: Providensa
- Ligurian: Providence
- Lithuanian: Providensas
- Lombard: Providence
- Macedonian: Провиденс
- Malagasy: Providence, Rhode Island
- Malay: Providence, Rhode Island
- Malayalam: പ്രൊവിഡൻസ്, റോഡ് ഐലൻറ്
- Manx: Providence, Ellan Rhode
- Marathi: प्रॉव्हिडन्स
- Min Nan Chinese: Providence, Rhode Island
- Nepali: प्रभिदेन्स
- Newari: प्रभिदेन्स
- Newari: प्रोभिडेन्स
- Norwegian: Providence
- Norwegian Bokmål: Providence
- Occitan (post 1500): Providence
- Ossetian: Провиденс
- Pali: प्रोभिडेन्स
- Pampanga: Providence
- Persian: پراویدنس
- Piemontese: Providence
- Polish: Providence
- Portuguese: Providence
- Quechua: Providence
- Romanian: Providence, Rhode Island
- Russian: Провиденс
- Samogitian: Provėdensos
- Sanskrit: प्राविडेन्स्
- Sardinian: Providence
- Scots: Providence, Rhode Island
- Scottish Gaelic: Providence, Rhode Island
- Scottish Gaelic: Providence
- Serbian: Провиденс
- Serbo-Croatian: Providence, Rhode Island
- Serbo-Croatian: Providence
- Sicilian: Providence
- Silesian: Providence
- Sinhala: ප්රොවිඩන්ස්
- Slovak: Providence
- Slovenian: Providence
- Spanish: Providence
- Swahili: Providence, Rhode Island
- Swedish: Providence, Rhode Island
- Swedish: Providence
- Tagalog: Providence, Rhode Island
- Tamil: பிராவிடென்ஸ்
- Tatar: Провиденс
- Telugu: ప్రొవిడెన్స్
- Thai: พรอวิเดนซ์
- Tornedalen Finnish: Providence, Rhode Island
- Tornedalen Finnish: Providence
- Turkish: Providence, Rhode Island
- Twi: Providence
- Ukrainian: Провіденс
- Urdu: پروویڈنس، روڈ آئلینڈ
- Urdu: پروویڈنس، رہوڈ آئی لینڈ
- Venetian: Providence
- Vietnamese: Providence, Rhode Island
- Volapük: Providence
- Waray (Philippines): Providence, Rhode Island
- 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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