Wisconsin
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Douglas

Superior

Superior is a city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 26,751 at the 2020 census. Superior and nearby , sit at the western tip of Lake Superior and together form the Twin Ports, a major Great Lakes harbor.
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  • Type: City with 26,800 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Superior”, “Gete-oodenaang”, “Superior, WI”, and “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Postal code: 54880

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Christ the King and Superior Public Library.

Church
Photo: Jonathunder, GFDL.
The is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior in Superior, Wisconsin. It was named in honor of Christ the King. The building is located at 1111 Belknap Street in Superior.

Library
is located in Superior, Wisconsin. The library was founded in 1888 and serves as the public library for Douglas County, Wisconsin.

Courthouse
Photo: Jonathunder, GFDL.
The is an historic building located at 1313 Belknap Street in Superior, Wisconsin which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Superior

Latitude
46.7208° or 46° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude
-92.1041° or 92° 6′ 15″ west
Population
26,800
Elevation
643 feet (196 metres)
IATA airport code
SUW
United Nations Location Code
US SUW
Open location code
86R9PVCW+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151331909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5275191
Wiki­data ID
Q984577
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Superior” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Afrikaans: “Superior”
  • Arabic: “سوبريور”
  • Armenian: “Սյուփիրիոր”
  • Basque: “Superior”
  • Belarusian: “Сьюпірыёр”
  • Belarusian: “Сьюпірыяр”
  • Catalan: “Superior”
  • Cebuano: “Superior (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Wisconsin, Douglas County, lat 46,72, long -92,10)”
  • Cebuano: “Superior”
  • Chechen: “Супириор”
  • Chinese: “Superior”
  • Chinese: “苏必利尔”
  • Chinese: “蘇必利爾”
  • Czech: “Superior”
  • Dagbani: “Superior”
  • Danish: “Superior”
  • Dutch: “Superior”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوبريور”
  • Esperanto: “Superior”
  • Finnish: “Superior”
  • French: “Superior”
  • Georgian: “სიუპირიორი”
  • Georgian: “სუპერიორი”
  • German: “Superior”
  • Gilaki: “سوپريور”
  • Greek: “Σουπίριορ”
  • Haitian: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Haitian: “Superior”
  • Hebrew: “סופיריור”
  • Hungarian: “Superior”
  • Irish: “Superior”
  • Italian: “Superior”
  • Japanese: “スーペリア”
  • Japanese: “スペリオル”
  • Korean: “슈피리어”
  • Ladin: “Superior”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Superior”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Superior”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Superior”
  • Norwegian: “Superior”
  • Persian: “سوپریور، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “سوپریور”
  • Polish: “Superior”
  • Portuguese: “Superior”
  • Romanian: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Superior”
  • Russian: “Сьюпириор”
  • Serbian: “Супириор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Superior”
  • Silesian: “Superior (mjasto we sztaće Wisconsin)”
  • Silesian: “Superior”
  • Slovak: “Superior”
  • Slovenian: “Superior”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوپریور، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Superior (Wisconsin)”
  • Spanish: “Superior”
  • Swedish: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Swedish: “Superior”
  • Tatar: “Супириор (Висконсин)”
  • Tatar: “Супириор”
  • Turkish: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Superior”
  • Ukrainian: “Супіріор”
  • Urdu: “سپیریئر، وسکونسن”
  • Urdu: “سپیریئر”
  • Uzbek: “Superior”
  • Vietnamese: “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Superior”
  • Volapük: “Superior”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Superior, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Superior”
  • Welsh: “Superior”

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