Northern Canada
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Whitehorse

Whitehorse

Whitehorse is the capital of the . It has spectacular scenery, and easy access to the natural splendor and recreational opportunities around it, such as paddling on the Yukon River and hiking, biking, or skiing its many trails.
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  • Type: City with 27,900 residents
  • Description: capital city of the territory of Yukon, Canada
  • Also known as: “Whitehorse, YT” and “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport and The Old Fire Hall.

Aerodrome
Photo: N727RH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport of entry located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is part of the National Airports System, and is owned and operated by the Government of Yukon.

Theater building
Photo: Fjjulien, CC BY 4.0.
is a theater building.

Whitehorse

Latitude
60.7216° or 60° 43′ 18″ north
Longitude
-135.0549° or 135° 3′ 18″ west
Population
27,900
Elevation
707 metres (2,320 feet)
IATA airport code
YXY
United Nations Location Code
CA YXY
Open location code
94G6PWCW+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2976400400
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6180550
Wiki­data ID
Q2055
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Satellite Map

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

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Whitehorse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Whitehorse”
  • Albanian: “Whitehorse”
  • Arabic: “وايت هورس”
  • Armenian: “Ուայթհորս”
  • Asturian: “Whitehorse”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vaythors”
  • Basque: “Whitehorse”
  • Belarusian: “Уайтхорс”
  • Bengali: “হোয়াইটহর্স, ইউকন”
  • Bengali: “হোয়াইটহর্স”
  • Bulgarian: “Уайтхорс”
  • Catalan: “Whitehorse”
  • Cebuano: “Whitehorse (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Whitehorse”
  • Central Kurdish: “وایت ھۆرس”
  • Chinese: “Whitehorse”
  • Chinese: “怀特霍斯”
  • Chinese: “白馬”
  • Chinese: “白馬市”
  • Chinese: “白马市”
  • Croatian: “Whitehorse”
  • Czech: “Whitehorse”
  • Dagbani: “Whitehorse”
  • Danish: “Whitehorse”
  • Dutch: “Whitehorse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وايت هورس , يوكون”
  • Esperanto: “Blankĉevalo”
  • Esperanto: “Vithorso”
  • Esperanto: “Whitehorse”
  • Estonian: “Whitehorse”
  • Faroese: “Whitehorse”
  • Finnish: “Whitehorse”
  • French: “Whitehorse”
  • Georgian: “უაიტჰორსი”
  • German: “Whitehorse”
  • Greek: “Γουάιτχορς”
  • Gujarati: “વાઈટહોર્સ”
  • Hebrew: “וייטהורס”
  • Hindi: “व्हाइटहॉर्स, युकॉन”
  • Hindi: “व्हाइटहॉर्स”
  • Hungarian: “Whitehorse”
  • Icelandic: “Whitehorse”
  • Indonesian: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Indonesian: “Whitehorse”
  • Irish: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Irish: “Whitehorse”
  • Italian: “Whitehorse”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトホース”
  • Kalaallisut: “Whitehorse”
  • Kannada: “ವೈಟ್ ಹಾರ್ಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Уайтхорс”
  • Korean: “화이트호스”
  • Latin: “Equus Albus”
  • Latvian: “Vaithorsa”
  • Ligurian: “Whitehorse”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaithorsas”
  • Lombard: “Whitehorse”
  • Macedonian: “Вајтхорс”
  • Malagasy: “Whitehorse”
  • Malay: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Malay: “Whitehorse”
  • Malayalam: “വൈറ്റ്ഹോഴ്സ്”
  • Marathi: “व्हाईटहॉर्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whitehorse”
  • Northern Frisian: “Whitehorse”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whitehorse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whitehorse”
  • Norwegian: “Whitehorse”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Whitehorse”
  • Ossetian: “Уайтхорс”
  • Persian: “وایت‌هورس، یوکان”
  • Persian: “وایت‌هورس”
  • Polish: “Whitehorse”
  • Portuguese: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Portuguese: “Whitehorse”
  • Romanian: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Romanian: “Whitehorse”
  • Russian: “Уайтхорс”
  • Sardinian: “Whitehorse”
  • Scots: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Scots: “Whitehorse”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Whitehorse”
  • Serbian: “Вајтхорс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whitehorse”
  • Sinhala: “වයිට්හෝර්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Whitehorse”
  • Slovenian: “Whitehorse”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وایت‌هورس”
  • Spanish: “Whitehorse (Yukón)”
  • Spanish: “Whitehorse”
  • Swedish: “Whitehorse”
  • Tamil: “வைட்ஹார்ஸ், யூக்கான்”
  • Tamil: “வைட்ஹார்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Вайтһорс”
  • Telugu: “వైట్ హార్స్”
  • Thai: “ไวต์ฮอร์ส”
  • Turkish: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Turkish: “Whitehorse”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайтгорс”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайтхорс”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ ہارس، یوکون”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ ہارس”
  • Veps: “Uaithors”
  • Vietnamese: “Whitehorse, Yukon”
  • Vietnamese: “Whitehorse”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Whitehorse”
  • Welsh: “Whitehorse”
  • Western Frisian: “Whitehorse”
  • Western Panjabi: “وائٹ ہارس (یوکون)”
  • Western Panjabi: “وائٹ ہارس”
  • Wu Chinese: “怀特霍斯 (加拿大)”
  • Wu Chinese: “怀特霍斯（加拿大）”
  • Yakut: “Уайтхорс”
  • Yue Chinese: “白馬”
  • “Whitehorse”

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