North Carolina
North Carolina is a quintessentially Southern state in the United States of America offering visitors endless variety with three distinct regions. Visitors can enjoy outdoor activities from hiking, mountain climbing, and skiing, along with a taste of Appalachian music and culture in the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Charlotte
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Charlotte is an ambitious and rapidly growing city in the southern part of the Piedmont of North Carolina.
Raleigh
The capital of North Carolina and the largest city of the Research Triangle, Raleigh is the primary political and economic driver of the metro area.Asheville
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The city of Asheville is a liberal, artsy community nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina.
Destinations
Piedmont
The Piedmont is the central region of North Carolina, a plateau of gentle hills between the flat Coastal Plain and the majestic mountains.North Carolina Coastal Plain
The Coastal Plain is a region along and including the coast of North Carolina.North Carolina Mountains
Photo: Ken Thomas, CC0.
The North Carolina Mountains in western North Carolina are home to popular areas like Asheville and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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North Carolina
- Type: State with 9,940,000 residents
- Description: state of the United States of America
- Neighbors: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
- Categories: U.S. state and locality
- Location: South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
35.673° or 35° 40' 23" northLongitude of centre
-79.0393° or 79° 2' 22" westPopulation
9,940,000Elevation
137 metres (449 feet)Abbreviation
NCOpenStreetMap ID
node 316979074OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
4482348Wikidata ID
Q1454North Carolina Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Noord-Carolina
- Albanian: Karolina e Veriut
- Albanian: North Carolina
- Amharic: ኖርዝ ካሮላይና
- Arabic: North Carolina
- Arabic: كارولاينا الشمالية
- Aragonese: Carolina d'o Norte
- Aragonese: Carolina do Norte
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Կարոլինա
- Asturian: Carolina del Norte
- Aymara: North Carolina suyu
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Karolina
- Balinese: Carolina Kalér
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ Каролина
- Basque: Ipar Carolina
- Bavarian: Noad-Karolina
- Bavarian: Noadkarolina
- Belarusian: Паўночная Караліна
- Belarusian: Штат Паўночная Караліна
- Bengali: নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা
- Bhojpuri: उत्तर क्यारोलिना
- Bhojpuri: नॉर्थ कैरोलिना
- Bishnupriya: নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা
- Bislama: Not Carolina
- Bosnian: Sjeverna Karolina
- Breton: North Carolina
- Bulgarian: Северна Каролина
- Burmese: မြောက်ကယ်ရိုလိုင်းနားပြည်နယ်
- Catalan: Carolina del Nord
- Cebuano: North Carolina
- Central Bikol: North Carolina
- Central Kurdish: کارۆلینای باکوور
- Chavacano: North Carolina
- Chechen: Къилбаседа Каролина
- Cherokee: ᎦᏯᎴᏂ
- Chinese: North Carolina
- Chinese: 北卡罗来纳州 / 北卡羅萊那州
- Chinese: 北卡罗来纳州
- Chinese: 北卡羅來納州
- Chinese: 北卡羅萊納州
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Каролина
- Cornish: Karolina Gledh
- Corsican: Carolina di u Nordu
- Corsican: Carulina di u Nordu
- Corsican: Statu di a Carolina di u Nordu
- Corsican: Statu di a Carulina di u Nordu
- Crimean Tatar: Cenübiy Karolina
- Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Karolina
- Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina
- Czech: North Carolina
- Czech: Severní Karolína
- Czech: State of North Carolina
- Dagbani: North Carolina
- Danish: North Carolina
- Dimli (individual language): Karolina Zımey
- Dimli (individual language): Karolinaya Zımey
- Dutch: North Carolina
- Eastern Mari: Йӱдвел Каролина
- Eastern Mari: Йӱдвел Каролине
- Egyptian Arabic: كارولاينا الشماليه
- Egyptian Arabic: نورث كارولاينا
- English: N.C.
- English: NC, United States
- English: NC
- English: North Carolina (US)
- English: North Carolina, United States
- English: State of North Carolina
- English: Tar Heel State
- English: The Tar Heel State
- English: US-NC
- Esperanto: NC
- Esperanto: Norda Karolino
- Estonian: Põhja-Carolina
- Faroese: North Carolina
- Fiji Hindi: North Carolina
- Finnish: North Carolina
- Finnish: Pohjois-Carolina
- French: Caroline du Nord
- Gagauz: Poyraz Karolina
- Galician: Carolina do Norte
- Galician: North Carolina
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კაროლინა
- German: Nord-Carolina
- German: North Carolina
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌾𐌽𐌰
- Greek: NC
- Greek: US-NC
- Greek: Βόρεια Καρολίνα
- Greek: Πολιτεία της Βόρειας Καρολίνας
- Guarani: Yvate Karolina
- Gujarati: નોર્થ કેરોલીના
- Haitian: Karolin dinò
- Hakka Chinese: North Carolina
- Hakka Chinese: Pet Khà-lò-lòi-na̍p
- Hausa: Kalolaina ʻĀkau
- Hausa: North Carolina
- Hawaiian: Kalolaina ‘Ākau
- Hebrew: צפון קרוליינה
- Hebrew: צפון קרולינה
- Hebrew: קרוליינה הצפונית
- Hebrew: קרולינה הצפונית
- Hindi: उत्तर केरोलिना
- Hindi: उत्तरी केरोलिना
- Hungarian: Észak-Karolina
- Icelandic: Norður-Karólína
- Ido: Norda-Karolina
- Ido: Nordal Karolina
- Igbo: Nort Kárólínạ
- Iloko: North Carolina
- Inari Sami: Tave-Carolina
- Indonesian: Carolina Utara
- Interlingua: Carolina del Nord
- Interlingue: Nord-Carolina
- Inuktitut: ᑳᕉᓖᓈ ᑐᓄᕕᐊᖅ
- Inupiaq: North Carolina
- Irish: Carolina Thuaidh
- Italian: Carolina del Nord
- Italian: NC
- Italian: Stato della Carolina del Nord
- Italian: US-NC
- Japanese: ノースカロライナ州
- Japanese: 北カロライナ
- Japanese: 北カロライナ州
- Javanese: Carolina Lor
- Javanese: Carolina Utara
- Kabiyè: Karolina nɛ hayʊ
- Kalmyk: Ар Карелайн
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಕೆರೊಲೀನ
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Каролина
- Korean: 노스캐롤라이나
- Korean: 노스캐롤라이나 주
- Korean: 노스캐롤라이나주
- Kurdish: Karolînaya Bakur
- Ladin: North Carolina
- Ladino: Karolina del Norte
- Lao: North Carolina
- Latin: Carolina Septentrionalis
- Latvian: Ziemeļkarolīna
- Ligurian: Carolinn-a do Nord
- Limburgan: North Carolina
- Lingua Franca Nova: Carolina Norde
- Literary Chinese: 北卡羅來納州
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Karolina
- Lombard: Carolina del Nord
- Low German: Noord-Carolina
- Low German: Noord Karolina
- Luxembourgish: North Carolina
- Macedonian: Северна Каролина
- Maithili: नर्थ क्यारोलाइना
- Malagasy: Karolina Avaratra
- Malagasy: North Carolina
- Malay: Carolina Utara
- Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കരൊലൈന
- Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കരോലിന
- Manipuri: ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ
- Manx: Carolina Hwoaie
- Manx: NC
- Manx: North Carolina
- Maori: North Carolina
- Marathi: नॉर्थ कॅरोलिना
- Mazanderani: شمالی کارولینا
- Min Dong Chinese: North Carolina
- Min Nan Chinese: North Carolina
- Mingrelian: ოორუე კაროლინა
- Mongolian: Хойд Каролина
- Mongolian: ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ
- Moroccan Arabic: كارولينا الشمالية
- Nauru: North Carolina
- Navajo: Chéchʼil Ńtʼiʼí Hahoodzo
- Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah Hahoodzo
- Nepali: नर्थ क्यारोलाइना
- Nepali: नर्थ क्यारोलिना
- Newari: नर्थ क्यारोलिना
- Northern Frisian: North Carolina
- Northern Luri: کارولینا شمالی
- Northern Luri: کارولینا شومالی
- Northern Sami: Davvi-Carolina
- Norwegian: Nord-Carolina
- Norwegian Bokmål: N.C.
- Norwegian Bokmål: NC
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Carolina
- Norwegian Bokmål: North Carolina
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Carolina
- Occitan (post 1500): Carolina del Nòrd
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþ Carolīna
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norþcarolīna
- Ossetian: Цæгат Каролинæ
- Pali: उत्तर क्यारोलिना
- Pampanga: Pangulung Carolina
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ
- Papiamento: North Carolina
- Pennsylvania German: Nard-Carolina
- Persian: کارولینای شمالی
- Picard: Caroline du Nord
- Piemontese: Carolin-a dël Nòrd
- Polish: Karolina Północna
- Portuguese: Carolina do Norte
- Portuguese: Estado da Carolina do Norte
- Portuguese: N.C.
- Portuguese: NC
- Portuguese: North Carolina
- Pushto: شمالي کارولینا
- Quechua: North Carolina suyu
- Romanian: Carolina de Nord
- Romansh: North Carolina
- Russia Buriat: Хойто Каролина
- Russian: Северная Каролина
- Samoan: Karolaina i Matu
- Samogitian: Šiaurės Karolina
- Sanskrit: नार्थ केरोलैना
- Sardinian: Carolina de Nord
- Saterfriesisch: North Carolina
- Scots: North Carolina
- Scottish Gaelic: Carolina a Tuath
- Serbian: Северна Каролина
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina
- Sicilian: Carolina dû Nord
- Silesian: Půłnocno Karolina
- Sinhala: උතුරු කැරොලිනා
- Skolt Sami: Tâʹvv-Carolina
- Slovak: Severná Karolína
- Slovenian: Severna Karolina
- South Azerbaijani: شمال کارولینا ایالتی
- South Azerbaijani: شومالی کارولینا
- Spanish: Carolina del Norte
- Spanish: Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
- Spanish: El estado del Tacón de alquitrán
- Spanish: Estado De Carolina del Norte
- Spanish: Estado de Carolina del Norte
- Spanish: NC
- Swahili: North Carolina
- Swedish: NC
- Swedish: Nordcarolina
- Swedish: North Carolina
- Tagalog: Hilagang Carolina
- Tagalog: Hilagang Karolina
- Tagalog: North Carolina
- Tajik: Каролинаи Шимолӣ
- Tamil: வட கரொலைனா
- Tamil: வடக்கு கரோலினா
- Tatar: Төньяк Каролина
- Telugu: ఉత్తర కరొలినా
- Thai: รัฐนอร์ทแคโรไลนา
- Turkish: Kuzey Karolina, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Turkish: Kuzey Karolina
- Turkish: Kuzey Karolina eyaleti
- Turkish: N.C.
- Turkish: N. C.
- Turkish: N. Car.
- Turkish: NC
- Turkish: State of North Karolina
- Turkish: US-NC
- Uighur: Shimaliy Karolina Shitati
- Ukrainian: Північна Кароліна
- Urdu: شمالی کیرولائنا
- Urdu: شمالی کیرولینا
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Karolina
- Venetian: Carołina del Nord
- Venetian: Caroƚina de el Nord
- Vietnamese: Bắc Carolina
- Vietnamese: North Carolina
- Vlax Romani: North Carolina
- Volapük: North Carolina
- Walloon: Caroline bijhrece
- Waray (Philippines): North Carolina
- Welsh: Gogledd Carolina
- Western Frisian: Noard-Karolina
- Western Mari: Йыдвел Каролина
- Western Panjabi: نارتھ کیرولائنا
- Wu Chinese: 北卡罗来纳州
- Yakut: Хоту Каролина
- Yiddish: צפון קאראליינע
- Yoruba: North Carolina
- Yoruba: Àríwá Carolina
- Yue Chinese: 北卡羅萊納州
- Zeeuws: North Carolina
- Carolina Mictlāmpa
- Carulìna dal Nòrd
- Karolina Hayɩ Kiŋ
- Karolinay Zımey
- Karorena-ki-te-raki
- Nord Carolina
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- नॉर्थ कैरोलीना
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