Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach is a town in Brunswick County, on the . Sunset Beach received its name from the beautiful sunrises and sunsets that can be seen from the island due to its unique southern exposure.
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  • Type: Village with 2,240 residents
  • Description: town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Sunset Beach (Carolina del Norte)”, “Sunset Beach, NC”, “Sunset Beach, North Carolina”, and “Сунсет Беач”
  • Postal code: 28468

Sunset Beach

Latitude
33.8807° or 33° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
-78.5122° or 78° 30′ 44″ west
Population
2,240
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
UN/LOCODE
US S99
Open location code
8753VFJQ+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158613341
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4494082
Wiki­data ID
Q2025406
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Sunset Beach” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانست بيتش”
  • Basque: “Sunset Beach”
  • Catalan: “Sunset Beach”
  • Cebuano: “Sunset Beach”
  • Chechen: “Сансет-Бич”
  • Chinese: “森塞特比奇 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “森塞特比奇”
  • Dutch: “Sunset Beach”
  • French: “Sunset Beach”
  • German: “Sunset Beach”
  • Gilaki: “سانست بیچ (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “سانست بیچ”
  • Haitian: “Sunset Beach, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hungarian: “Sunset Beach”
  • Italian: “Sunset Beach”
  • Ladin: “Sunset Beach”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sunset Beach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sunset Beach”
  • Norwegian: “Sunset Beach”
  • Persian: “سانست بیچ”
  • Polish: “Sunset Beach”
  • Portuguese: “Sunset Beach”
  • Russian: “Сансет Бич”
  • Serbian: “Сансет Бич”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sunset Beach, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sunset Beach”
  • Spanish: “Sunset Beach”
  • Swedish: “Sunset Beach, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Sunset Beach”
  • Tatar: “Сансет-Бич”
  • Ukrainian: “Сансет-Біч”
  • Urdu: “سن سیٹ بیچ، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Sunset Beach”
  • Volapük: “Sunset Beach”

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