Madison
Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the Greater Madison Area, it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.Photo: Emery, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: City with 263,000 residents
- Description: city in and county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, and the capital city of Wisconsin
- Postal codes: 53701-53708, 53711, 53713-53719, 53725, 53726, 53744, 53777-53779, 53782-53786 and 53788-53794
Notable Places in the Area
Wisconsin State Capitol
Town hall
The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor.
Kohl Center
Stadium
Photo: Pbrown111, Public domain.
The Kohl Center is a multi-purpose arena located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States.
Overture Center for the Arts
Theatre building
Photo: Chief-O, Public domain.
Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Localities in the Area
Madison
Latitude
43.0748° or 43° 4' 29" northLongitude
-89.3838° or 89° 23' 2" westPopulation
263,000Elevation
267 metres (876 feet)IATA airport code
MSNUnited Nations Location Code
US MSNOpen Location Code
86MG3JF8+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29941752OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5261457Wikidata ID
Q43788Madison Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Madison
- Albanian: Madison
- Arabic: Madison, Wisconsin
- Arabic: ماديسون
- Arabic: ماديسون، وسكنسن
- Aragonese: Madison (Wisconsin)
- Aragonese: Madison
- Armenian: Մեդիսոն
- Asturian: Madison
- Azerbaijani: Madison
- Basque: Madison
- Belarusian: Мадысан
- Belarusian: Мэдысан
- Bengali: ম্যাডিসন, উইসকনসিন
- Bosnian: Madison
- Breton: Madison
- Bulgarian: Мадисън
- Bulgarian: Медисън
- Catalan: Madison
- Cebuano: Madison
- Chechen: Медисон (Висконсин)
- Chechen: Медисон
- Chinese: Madison
- Chinese: 麥迪臣
- Chinese: 麥迪遜
- Chinese: 麦迪逊 / 麥迪遜
- Chinese: 麦迪逊
- Chinese: 麦迪逊市
- Cornish: Madison
- Corsican: Madison
- Croatian: Madison, Wisconsin
- Croatian: Madison
- Czech: Madison
- Danish: Madison
- Dimli (individual language): Madison, Wisconsin
- Dutch: Madison
- Egyptian Arabic: ماديسون
- English: City of Madison
- English: Madison, WI
- English: Madison, Wisconsin
- Esperanto: Madison
- Esperanto: Madisono
- Estonian: Madison
- Extremaduran: Madison
- Faroese: Madison (Wisconsin)
- Faroese: Madison
- Finnish: Madison, Wisconsin
- Finnish: Madison
- French: Madison
- Galician: Madison, Wisconsin
- Galician: Madison
- Georgian: მადისონი
- Georgian: მედისონი
- German: Madison
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌽
- Greek: Μάντισον
- Gujarati: મેડિસન
- Haitian: Madison, Wiskonnsin
- Haitian: Madison
- Hebrew: מדיסון
- Hindi: मैडिसन, विस्कॉन्सिन
- Hindi: मैडिसन
- Hungarian: Madison
- Icelandic: Madison (Wisconsin)
- Ido: Madison
- Iloko: Madison
- Indonesian: Madison
- Interlingua: Madison
- Interlingue: Madison
- Irish: Madison, Wisconsin
- Irish: Madison
- Italian: Madison
- Japanese: マディソン
- Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಡಿಸನ್
- Kazakh: Мадисон
- Kirghiz: Мадисон
- Korean: 매디슨
- Kurdish: Madison
- Ladin: Madison (Wisconsin)
- Ladin: Madison
- Lao: Madison, Wisconsin
- Latin: Madisonia
- Latvian: Medisona
- Ligurian: Madison
- Lithuanian: Madisonas
- Lombard: Madison
- Luxembourgish: Madison
- Macedonian: Медисон
- Malagasy: Madison, Wisconsin
- Malagasy: Madison
- Malay: Madison, Wisconsin
- Malay: Madison
- Malayalam: മാഡിസൺ, വിസ്കോൺസിൻ
- Marathi: मॅडिसन
- Min Nan Chinese: Madison
- Moroccan Arabic: ماديسون
- Navajo: Beʼekʼidtaʼ
- Nepali: मान्डिसन
- Nepali: म्यादिसन, विस्कन्सिन
- Newari: मेडिसन
- Norwegian: Madison
- Norwegian Bokmål: Madison
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Madison
- Occitan (post 1500): Madison
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mædison (Wiscōnsēn)
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mædison
- Ossetian: Мадисон
- Pali: मेडिसन
- Papiamento: Madison
- Persian: مادیسون
- Persian: مدیسن، ویسکانسین
- Persian: مدیسون
- Persian: مدیسون، ویسکانسین
- Piemontese: Madison
- Polish: Madison
- Portuguese: Madison
- Portuguese: Madison, Wisconsin
- Romanian: Madison, Wisconsin
- Romanian: Madison
- Russian: Мадисон
- Samogitian: Madisons
- Sanskrit: माडिसन्
- Sardinian: Madison
- Scots: Madison
- Scottish Gaelic: Madison, Wisconsin
- Scottish Gaelic: Madison
- Serbian: Madison
- Serbian: Медисон
- Serbo-Croatian: Madison, Wisconsin
- Serbo-Croatian: Madison
- Sicilian: Madison
- Silesian: Madison
- Sinhala: මැඩිසන්
- Slovak: Madison
- Slovenian: Madison
- South Azerbaijani: مدیسن، ویسکانسین
- Spanish: Ciudad De Madison
- Spanish: Madison
- Spanish: Madison (Wisconsin)
- Swahili: Madison
- Swedish: Madison, Wisconsin
- Swedish: Madison
- Tagalog: Madison, Wisconsin
- Tagalog: Madison
- Tamil: மேடிசன்
- Tatar: Мәдисен
- Tatar: Мәдисон
- Telugu: మాడిసన్
- Thai: แมดิสัน
- Tornedalen Finnish: Madison, Wisconsin
- Tornedalen Finnish: Madison
- Tumbuka: Madison, Wisconsin
- Turkish: Madison, Wisconsin
- Turkish: Madison
- Ukrainian: Медісон
- Urdu: میڈیسون، وسکونسن
- Venetian: Madison
- Vietnamese: Madison
- Vlax Romani: Madison
- Volapük: Madison
- Waray (Philippines): Madison
- Welsh: Madison, Wisconsin
- Western Frisian: Madison
- Western Mari: Мэдисон
- Western Panjabi: میڈیسن
- Western Panjabi: میڈیسن، وسکونسن
- Wu Chinese: 麦迪逊
- Yue Chinese: 麥迪臣
Other Places Named Madison
In the Area
Madison is situated close to the neighbourhoods First Settlement and Bassett.
- James Madison ParkNeighbourhood
- Mansion HillNeighbourhood
- Mifflin WestNeighbourhood
- DowntownQuarter
- State-LangdonNeighbourhood
- The YardsNeighbourhood
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