Wabush
Wabush is a town in western Labrador, close to the Quebec border, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is known for its gold mining industry and its regional airport.- Type: Town with 1,860 residents
- Description: town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as: “沃布什”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wabush Airport.
Wabush Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Wabush
- Categories: town of Newfoundland and Labrador and locality
- Location: Wabush, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
52.9° or 52° 54′ north
Longitude
-66.8702° or 66° 52′ 13″ west
Population
1,860
Elevation
590 metres (1,936 feet)
IATA airport code
YWK
UN/LOCODE
CA YWK
Open location code
974MV4XH+XW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Wabush” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wabush”
- Chinese: “瓦布什”
- Dutch: “Wabush”
- Finnish: “Wabush”
- French: “Wabush”
- German: “Wabush”
- Inuktitut: “ᒍᐊᐴᔅ”
- Japanese: “ワーブッシュ”
- Japanese: “ワブッシュ”
- Polish: “Wabush”
- Portuguese: “Wabush (Terra Nova e Labrador)”
- Portuguese: “Wabush”
- Spanish: “Wabush”
- Swedish: “Wabush”
- Turkish: “Wabush”
- Ukrainian: “Вабуш”
- Urdu: “وابوش”
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