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Thompson

Thompson, a city in , the largest city in northern Manitoba, and the third largest in the province. With a population of about 13,000, Thompson is the hub of the north. About 35% of the population is Indigenous.
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  • Type: City with 12,800 residents
  • Description: city in Manitoba, Canada
  • Also known as: “Thompson, Manitoba”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thompson station.

Railway station
Photo: J Hazard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in Thompson, , . The stop is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train. The station is located about 1 kilometre from downtown, near the industrial park.

Thompson

Latitude
55.7433° or 55° 44′ 36″ north
Longitude
-97.8635° or 97° 51′ 49″ west
Population
12,800
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
IATA airport code
YTH
United Nations Location Code
CA YTH
Open location code
9674P4VP+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1461491316
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6165406
Wiki­data ID
Q991295
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Satellite Map

Discover Thompson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Thompson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Thompson”
  • Arabic: “تومبسون”
  • Asturian: “Thompson”
  • Bengali: “থমপসন”
  • Cebuano: “Thompson”
  • Chinese: “汤普森”
  • Chinese: “湯普森”
  • Dagbani: “Thompson”
  • Danish: “Thompson”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Thompson, Manitoba”
  • Dutch: “Thompson”
  • Esperanto: “Thompson”
  • Finnish: “Thompson”
  • French: “Thompson”
  • German: “Thompson”
  • Greek: “Τόμπσον”
  • Greek: “Τόμψον”
  • Gujarati: “થોમ્પસન”
  • Hebrew: “תומפסון”
  • Hindi: “थॉम्पसन”
  • Indonesian: “Thompson”
  • Italian: “Thompson”
  • Japanese: “トンプソン”
  • Japanese: “トンプソン市”
  • Kannada: “ಥಾಂಪ್ಸನ್”
  • Korean: “탐슨”
  • Latvian: “Tompsona”
  • Lithuanian: “Tompsonas”
  • Malay: “Thompson”
  • Marathi: “थॉम्पसन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thompson”
  • Persian: “تامپسون، منیتوبا”
  • Polish: “Thompson”
  • Portuguese: “Thompson”
  • Romanian: “Thompson, Manitoba”
  • Romanian: “Thompson”
  • Russian: “Томпсон”
  • Serbian: “Tompson”
  • Serbian: “Томпсон”
  • Sinhala: “තොම්ප්සන්”
  • Slovak: “Thompson”
  • Spanish: “Thompson”
  • Swedish: “Thompson, Manitoba”
  • Swedish: “Thompson”
  • Tamil: “தாம்ப்ஸன்”
  • Telugu: “థాంప్సన్”
  • Thai: “ธอมป์สัน”
  • Turkish: “Thompson, Manitoba”
  • Turkish: “Thompson”
  • Ukrainian: “Томпсон”
  • Urdu: “تھامپسن, مینی ٹوبا”
  • Urdu: “تھامپسن، مینی ٹوبا”
  • Vietnamese: “Thompson”
  • Volapük: “Thompson”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھومپسن”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Thompson”. Photo: TheTrueNorthStrongAndFree1, CC BY-SA 4.0.