Roanoke

Roanoke, Virginia, called the "Star City of the South" and "Magic City," is a charming city with beautiful views. A colorfully lit 100-ft star atop Mill Mountain graces the Roanoke Valley.
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  • City with about 100,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 940 feet (290 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code ROA
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Postal codes
    24001-24017
    24022
    24024-24038
    24040
    24042
    24043
  • Also known as
    “Big Lick”
    “Old Lick”
    “Rawrenock”
    “Rhoanoke”
    “Roanoke, VA”
    “Roanoke, Virginia”
    “Star City”
    “Star City of the SouMagic City”
    “The own”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gainsboro Branch Library and Taubman Museum of Art.
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The is a historic library…
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The , formerly the Art Museum…
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is a train station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinton and Raleigh Court.
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is a town in eastern , United States.
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is a Roanoke, neighborhood located in southwest Roanoke along U.S.
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Roanoke

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Latitude
37.271° or 37° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
-79.9414° or 79° 56′ 29″ west
UN/LOCODE
US ROA
Open location code
879273C5+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158262043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4782167
Wiki­data ID
Q501796

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Roanoke” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Roanoke, Virginië”
  • Afrikaans: “Roanoke”
  • Albanian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Albanian: “Roanoke”
  • Arabic: “روانوك”
  • Armenian: “Ռաոնոկ, Վիրջինիա”
  • Armenian: “Ռոանոկ”
  • Basque: “Roanoke, VA”
  • Basque: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Basque: “Roanoke”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke City”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Роанак”
  • Bengali: “রোয়ানুক”
  • Breton: “Roanoke”
  • Bulgarian: “Роанок”
  • Catalan: “Roanoke”
  • Cebuano: “Roanoke”
  • Chechen: “Роенок”
  • Chinese: “劳诺克”
  • Chinese: “洛亞諾克”
  • Chinese: “罗亚诺克”
  • Chinese: “罗阿诺克”
  • Chinese: “羅亞諾克”
  • Chinese: “羅阿諾克”
  • Czech: “Roanoke”
  • Dagbani: “Roanoke”
  • Danish: “Roanoke”
  • Dutch: “Roanoke”
  • Esperanto: “Roanoke (Virginio)”
  • Esperanto: “Roanoke”
  • Estonian: “Roanoke”
  • Finnish: “Roanoke”
  • French: “Municipalité de Roanoke”
  • French: “Roanoke”
  • German: “Roanoke”
  • Gilaki: “رؤنؤک (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “رؤنؤک”
  • Greek: “Ρόανοκ, Βιρτζίνια”
  • Greek: “Ρόανοκ”
  • Gujarati: “રોઅનૉક”
  • Haitian: “Roanoke, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Roanoke”
  • Hebrew: “רואנוק”
  • Hindi: “रोआनोक”
  • Hungarian: “Roanoke”
  • Inari Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Indonesian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Roanoke”
  • Irish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Roanoke”
  • Italian: “Roanoke”
  • Japanese: “ロアノーク”
  • Kannada: “ರೊನೊಕೆ”
  • Korean: “로어노크”
  • Ladin: “Roanoke”
  • Latvian: “Roanoke”
  • Lithuanian: “Roanokas”
  • Lithuanian: “Roanoukas”
  • Low German: “Roanoke”
  • Luxembourgish: “Roanoke”
  • Malagasy: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Roanoke”
  • Malay: “Roanoke”
  • Malayalam: “റോണോക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “रोआनोक”
  • Nauru: “Roanoke”
  • Northern Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke”
  • Norwegian: “Roanoke”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Roanoke”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōwrenoc on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōwrenoc”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōƿrenoc”
  • Persian: “رونوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “رونوک”
  • Polish: “Roanoke”
  • Portuguese: “Roanoke”
  • Russian: “Роанок”
  • Scots: “Roanoke, Virginie”
  • Scots: “Roanoke”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roanoke”
  • Serbian: “Роанок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke”
  • Sinhala: “රෝනොකේ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Slovak: “Roanoke”
  • Slovenian: “Roanoke”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روانوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Roanoke (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Roanoke”
  • Swedish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Roanoke”
  • Tagalog: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Roanoke”
  • Talysh: “Roanok”
  • Tamil: “ரோநோக்”
  • Tatar: “Роенок (Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Роенок”
  • Telugu: “రానొకే”
  • Thai: “โรอาโนก”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke”
  • Ukrainian: “Роанок”
  • Ukrainian: “Роенок”
  • Urdu: “روانوک، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “روانوک”
  • Vietnamese: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Roanoke”
  • Volapük: “Roanoke”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roanoke”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke”

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