White Center

White Center is an unincorporated area of , just south of and north of . The area embraces its nickname of 'Rat City', making it a part of its punk-rock mixed-ethnicity identity.
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  • Type: Town with 16,600 residents
  • Description: census designated place in King County, Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “White Center (Washington)”, “White Center, WA”, “White Center, Washington”, “Wҳите Cентер”, and “وایت سنتر، واشینگتن”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Marra Farm and Kenyon Hall.

Park
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, a 4-acre plot of land in Marra-Desimone…

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Park
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is a 32.9-acre park in the neighborhood of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burien and West Seattle.

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is in , on just south of .

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is the large portion of west of the Duwamish River.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. is situated 3½ miles southeast of White Center.

White Center

Latitude
47.5164° or 47° 30′ 59″ north
Longitude
-122.3557° or 122° 21′ 21″ west
Population
16,600
Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)
Open location code
84VVGJ8V+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150941204
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5815759
Wiki­data ID
Q1511304
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“White Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وايت سنتر”
  • Basque: “White Center”
  • Catalan: “White Center”
  • Cebuano: “White Center”
  • Chechen: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Dutch: “White Center”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وايت سنتر”
  • French: “White Center”
  • German: “White Center”
  • Gilaki: “وایت سنتر (واشينگتن)”
  • Gilaki: “وایت سنتر”
  • Hebrew: “וייט סנטר”
  • Hungarian: “White Center”
  • Irish: “White Center”
  • Italian: “White Center”
  • Ladin: “White Center”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “White Center”
  • Persian: “وایت سنتر”
  • Polish: “White Center”
  • Portuguese: “White Center”
  • Russian: “Вайт Центр”
  • Serbian: “Вајт Сентер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Center, Washington”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Center”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وایت سنتر، واشینقتون”
  • Spanish: “White Center”
  • Tatar: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайт-Сентер”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ سنٹر، واشنگٹن”
  • Uzbek: “White Center”
  • Volapük: “White Center”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Highland Park and Westwood.

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