Sylva
Sylva is a mountain town located along the Plot Balsam Mountain chain of the North Carolina Mountains. Its artsy culture and music roots give the town its popular nickname of being “The New Orleans” of the Carolinas.
- Type: Town with 2,580 residents
- Description: town in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sylva (Carolina del Norte)”, “Sylva, NC”, “Sylva, North Carolina”, “Силва (Северная Каролина)”, “Сйлва”, “سيلفا، كارولاينا الشماليه”, and “シルバ”
- Postal code: 28779
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dillsboro and Webster.
Sylva
- Categories: town in the United States, county seat, city of North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Jackson, North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.3737° or 35° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-83.2259° or 83° 13′ 33″ west
Population
2,580
Elevation
2,044 feet (623 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SL6
Open location code
867R9QFF+FJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Sylva” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيلفا”
- Basque: “Sylva”
- Catalan: “Sylva”
- Cebuano: “Sylva”
- Chechen: “Силва”
- Chinese: “席爾瓦 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “席爾瓦”
- Dutch: “Sylva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيلفا, نورث كارولاينا”
- Esperanto: “Sylva”
- French: “Sylva”
- German: “Sylva”
- Gilaki: “سیلوا (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “سیلوا”
- Haitian: “Sylva, Kawolin dinò”
- Hungarian: “Sylva”
- Irish: “Sylva”
- Italian: “Sylva”
- Japanese: “シルヴァ”
- Korean: “실바”
- Ladin: “Sylva”
- Luxembourgish: “Sylva”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sylva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sylva”
- Norwegian: “Sylva”
- Persian: “سیلوا، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “سیلوا”
- Polish: “Sylva”
- Portuguese: “Sylva”
- Russian: “Силва”
- Serbian: “Силва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sylva, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sylva”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیلوا، قوزئی کارولینا”
- Spanish: “Sylva”
- Swedish: “Sylva, North Carolina”
- Swedish: “Sylva”
- Tatar: “Силва”
- Ukrainian: “Силва”
- Urdu: “سلوا، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “Sylva”
- Volapük: “Sylva”
- “Sylva”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Downtown Sylva Historic District and Love Field.
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