Detroit
Detroit is a major metropolis in the US state of Michigan that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, Detroit continues to shape both American and global culture.Photo: User21343321, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
Downtown Detroit
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Downtown Detroit is the central business district of Detroit, bordered by the Lodge Freeway to the west, the Fisher Freeway to the north, Interstate 375 to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.
Midtown-New Center
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Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H.
East Side
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The East Side of Detroit is home to some of the city's most prominent attractions, such as Belle Isle, a large island home to a day's worth of attractions of its own, and historic Eastern Market, the largest market in the United States.
Destinations
Hamtramck-Highland Park
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The cities Hamtramck and Highland Park are enclaves of the City of Detroit.
West Side
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The West Side is in Detroit. While primarily a residential area, west Detroit is home to some great historic neighborhoods.
Notable Places in the Area
Little Caesars Arena
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Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit.
Guardian Building
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The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper and class-A office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District.
Localities in the Area
Windsor
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Windsor is a mid-sized Canadian city on the southwest tip of Ontario.
Lafayette Park
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Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit.
New Center
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New Center is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of Downtown.
Detroit
- Type: City with 672,000 residents
- Description: city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Postal codes: 48201, 48202, 48204-48211, 48213-48217, 48219, 48221-48224, 48226-48228, 48231-48235, 48238, 48242-48244, 48255, 48260, 48264-48269, 48272, 48275, 48277-48279 and 48288
- Neighbors: Dearborn and Windsor
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, border city, big city and locality
- Location: City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3316° or 42° 19' 54" northLongitude
-83.0466° or 83° 2' 48" westPopulation
672,000Elevation
183 metres (600 feet)IATA airport code
DTTUnited Nations Location Code
US DETOpen Location Code
86JR8XJ3+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 18994998OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
4990729Wikidata ID
Q12439Detroit Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Detroit
- Albanian: Detroit
- Amharic: ዲትሮይት
- Arabic: Detroit
- Arabic: ديترويت
- Aragonese: Detroit
- Armenian: Դետրոյթ
- Armenian: Տիթրոյթ
- Asturian: Detroit, Michigan
- Asturian: Detroit
- Asturian: la ciudá del motor
- Azerbaijani: Detroyt
- Bambara: Détroit
- Bashkir: Детройт
- Basque: Detroit
- Bavarian: Détroit
- Belarusian: Дэтройт
- Bengali: ডেট্রয়েট
- Bengali: ডেট্রোয়েট
- Bosnian: Detroit
- Breton: Detroit
- Bulgarian: Детройт
- Catalan: Detroit
- Cebuano: Detroit
- Chavacano: Detroit
- Chechen: Детройт
- Chinese: Detroit
- Chinese: 底特律
- Chuvash: Детройт
- Cornish: Detroit, Michigan
- Corsican: Detroit
- Croatian: Detroit, Michigan
- Czech: Detroit
- Dagbani: Detroit
- Danish: Detroit
- Dutch: Detroit
- Egyptian Arabic: ديترويت
- English: City of Detroit
- English: Detroiit
- English: Detroit, MI
- English: Detroit, Michigan
- English: Motor City
- English: The D
- Esperanto: Detroit
- Esperanto: Detrojto
- Estonian: Detroit
- Extremaduran: Detroit
- Faroese: Detroit
- Finnish: Detroit, Michigan
- Finnish: Detroit
- French: Detroit
- French: Détroit
- Galician: Detroit
- Georgian: დეტროიტი
- German: Detroiit
- German: Detroit
- German: Detroit, Michigan
- German: Motor City
- Greek: Ντι
- Greek: Ντιτρόιτ, Μίσιγκαν
- Greek: Ντιτρόιτ
- Guarani: Detroit
- Gujarati: ડેટ્રોઇટ
- Hakka Chinese: Detroit
- Hausa: Detroit
- Hebrew: דטרויט
- Hindi: डेट्राइट, मिशिगन
- Hindi: डेट्राइट
- Hindi: डैट्रोयट
- Hungarian: Detroit
- Icelandic: Detroit
- Ido: Detroit
- Igbo: Detroit
- Iloko: Detroit
- Indonesian: City of Detroit
- Indonesian: Detroit, Michigan
- Indonesian: Detroit
- Indonesian: Motor City
- Indonesian: The D
- Interlingua: Detroit
- Interlingue: Detroit
- Irish: Detroit, Michigan
- Italian: Detroit
- Japanese: デトロイト
- Kannada: ಡೆಟ್ರಾಯಿಟ್
- Kazakh: Детройт, Мичиган
- Kazakh: Детройт
- Kikuyu: Detroit
- Kirghiz: Детрoйт
- Kirghiz: Детройт
- Korean: 디트로이트
- Kurdish: Detroit
- Kölsch: Detroiit
- Ladin: Detroit
- Latin: Detroitum
- Latvian: Detroita
- Lingua Franca Nova: Detroit
- Literary Chinese: 底特律
- Lithuanian: Detroitas
- Lombard: Detroit
- Low German: Detroit
- Luxembourgish: Detroit
- Macedonian: Детроит
- Malagasy: Detroit
- Malay: Detroit
- Malayalam: ഡെട്രോയിറ്റ്
- Maltese: Detroit
- Marathi: डेट्रॉईट
- Mazanderani: دیترویت
- Min Dong Chinese: Detroit
- Min Nan Chinese: Detroit
- Mingrelian: დეთროითი
- Mingrelian: დეტროიტი
- Moksha: Дэтройт
- Mongolian: Детройт
- Navajo: Tónaazyínítaʼ
- Northern Frisian: Detroit
- Norwegian: Detroit
- Norwegian Bokmål: Detroit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Detroit
- Occitan (post 1500): Detroit
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dēotford
- Ossetian: Детройт
- Pampanga: Detroit, Michigan
- Panjabi: ਡਿਟਰਾਇਟ
- Panjabi: ਡਿਟਰੋਇਟ
- Persian: دیترویت
- Persian: میشیگان، میشیگان
- Piemontese: Detroit
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Detroiit
- Polish: Detroit
- Portuguese: Detroit
- Portuguese: Detroit, Michigan
- Quechua: Detroit
- Romanian: Detroit
- Russian: Detroit
- Russian: Детройт (Мичиган)
- Russian: Детройт (США)
- Russian: Детройт (город)
- Russian: Детройт
- Samogitian: Detruoits
- Sardinian: Detroit
- Saterfriesisch: Detroit
- Scots: Detroit
- Scottish Gaelic: Detroit, Michigan
- Scottish Gaelic: Detroit
- Serbian: Детроит
- Serbo-Croatian: Detroit, Michigan
- Serbo-Croatian: Detroit
- Sicilian: Detroit
- Silesian: Detroit
- Sinhala: ඩෙට්රොයිට්
- Slovak: Detroit
- Slovenian: Detroit
- Somali: Detroit
- South Azerbaijani: دیترویت
- Spanish: Detroit
- Spanish: Detroit (Míchigan)
- Spanish: ciudad de Detroit
- Spanish: ciudad del Motor
- Swahili: Detroit, Michigan
- Swedish: Detroit, Michigan
- Swedish: Detroit
- Swiss German: Detroiit
- Tagalog: Detroit
- Tahitian: Detroit
- Tajik: Детройт
- Talysh: Detroyt
- Tamil: டிட்ராயிட்
- Tamil: டிட்ராய்ட்
- Tatar: Детройт
- Telugu: డెట్రాయిట్
- Tetum: Detroit
- Thai: ดีทรอยต์
- Tornedalen Finnish: Detroit, Michigan
- Tornedalen Finnish: Detroit
- Turkish: Detroit, Michigan
- Turkish: Detroit
- Turkmen: Detroýt
- Twi: Detroit
- Uighur: Détroyt
- Uighur: دېترويىت
- Ukrainian: Детройт
- Upper Sorbian: Detroit
- Urdu: ڈیٹرائٹ
- Uzbek: Detroit
- Uzbek: Detroyt
- Venetian: Detroit
- Veps: Detroit
- Vietnamese: Detroit
- Vlax Romani: Detroit
- Volapük: Detroit
- Waray (Philippines): Detroit
- Welsh: Detroit
- Western Armenian: Տիթրոյթ
- Western Frisian: Detroit
- Western Mari: Детройт
- Western Panjabi: ڈیٹروئٹ
- Wu Chinese: 底特律
- Yakut: Детройт
- Yiddish: דעטרויט
- Yoruba: Detroit
- Yue Chinese: 底特律
- D-town
- Mo-Town
- Motown
- Tiughsaghrondy
- Tsi kiohsahrón:ta
- Wawyachtenok
- डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Detroit. Photo: petermartorano, CC BY 2.0.