Wilmington
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware, though still small by U.S. standards with a population of only 70,000. Due to the state's business-friendly laws, Wilmington is something of a center for businesses, with an incredible number of American corporations incorporated in the city.Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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- Type: City with 72,800 residents
- Description: city in and county seat of New Castle County, Delaware, United States
- Postal codes: 19801-19810, 19850, 19880, 19884-19886 and 19890-19899
Notable Places in the Area
Fort Christina
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Fort Christina was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony.
Pennsylvania Station
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Wilmington station, also known as the Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Railroad Station, is a passenger rail station in Wilmington, Delaware.
Delaware College of Art and Design
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Delaware College of Art and Design is a Private art school in Wilmington, Delaware.
Localities in the Area
Edgemoor
Edgemoor is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.Elsmere
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Elsmere is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, bordering the city of Wilmington along Wilmington's western border.
Shipley Run Historic District
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Shipley Run Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
Wilmington
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat and locality
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.7459° or 39° 44' 45" northLongitude
-75.5466° or 75° 32' 48" westPopulation
72,800Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)IATA airport code
ILGUnited Nations Location Code
US ILGOpen Location Code
87F6PFW3+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 158617637OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
4145381Wikidata ID
Q174224Wilmington Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Wilmington, Delaware
- Arabic: Wilmington, Delaware
- Arabic: ويلمنغتون
- Aragonese: Wilmington
- Armenian: Ուիլմինգթոն
- Armenian: Ուիլմինգտոն
- Asturian: Wilmington
- Azerbaijani: Uilminqton
- Basque: Wilmington
- Belarusian: Ўілмінгтан
- Belarusian: Уілмінгтан
- Bengali: উইলমিংটন, ডেলাওয়্যার
- Breton: Wilmington
- Bulgarian: Уилмингтън
- Catalan: Wilmington
- Cebuano: Wilmington
- Chechen: Вилмингтон (Делавер)
- Chechen: Вилмингтон
- Chinese: Wilmington
- Chinese: 威尔明顿
- Chinese: 威明頓
- Chinese: 威爾明頓
- Cornish: Wilmington
- Croatian: Wilmington (Delaver)
- Croatian: Wilmington (Delaware)
- Croatian: Wilmington
- Czech: Wilmington
- Danish: Wilmington
- Dutch: Wilmington
- Egyptian Arabic: ويلمنتجون
- English: Wilmington, DE
- English: Wilmington, Delaware
- Esperanto: Vilmingtono
- Esperanto: Wilmington
- Estonian: Wilmington
- Finnish: Wilmington
- French: Wilmington
- French: Wilmington, Delaware
- Galician: Wilmington, Delaware
- Galician: Wilmington
- Georgian: უილმინგტონი
- German: Chemical Capital of the World
- German: Christinahamn
- German: Corporate Capital of the World
- German: Credit Card Capital of the World
- German: Fort Altena
- German: Fort Christina
- German: Walmington
- German: Willingtown
- German: Wilmington
- German: Wilmington (Delaware)
- German: Wilmington City
- Greek: Γουίλμιγκτον
- Greek: Γουίλμινγκτον
- Gujarati: વિલ્મિંગ્ટન
- Haitian: Wilmington, Delaware
- Haitian: Wilmington
- Hebrew: וילמינגטון
- Hindi: विलमिंगटन
- Hungarian: Wilmington
- Ido: Wilmington, Delaware
- Indonesian: Wilmington
- Irish: Wilmington, Delaware
- Italian: Wilmington
- Japanese: ウィルミントン
- Kannada: ವಿಲ್ಮಿಂಗ್ಟನ್
- Korean: 윌밍턴
- Ladin: Wilmington (Delaware)
- Ladin: Wilmington
- Latin: Vilmingtonia
- Latin: Wilmington
- Latvian: Vilmingtona
- Lithuanian: Vilmingtonas
- Luxembourgish: Wilmington
- Macedo-Romanian: Wilmington
- Malay: Wilmington, Delaware
- Malay: Wilmington
- Malayalam: വിൽമിംഗ്ടൺ
- Marathi: विलमिंग्टन
- Min Nan Chinese: Wilmington
- Nepali: विल्मिंगटन, डेलावेर
- Newari: विल्मिंगटन, डेलावेर
- Newari: विल्मिंगटन
- Northern Frisian: Wilmington (Delaware)
- Northern Frisian: Wilmington
- Norwegian: Wilmington
- Norwegian Bokmål: Wilmington
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Wilmington
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Wilmington i Delaware
- Ossetian: Уилмингтон (Делавэр)
- Ossetian: Уилмингтон
- Persian: ویلمینگتن
- Persian: ویلمینگتون
- Persian: ویلمینگتون، دلاور
- Piemontese: Wilmington
- Polish: Wilmington
- Portuguese: Wilmington
- Portuguese: Wilmington, Delaware
- Quechua: Wilmington
- Romanian: Wilmington, Delaware
- Romanian: Wilmington
- Russian: Уилмингтон
- Sardinian: Wilmington
- Scots: Wilmington, Delaware
- Scottish Gaelic: Wilmington, Delaware
- Scottish Gaelic: Wilmington
- Serbian: Vilmington
- Serbian: Wilmington
- Serbian: Вилмингтон
- Serbo-Croatian: Wilmington, Delaver
- Serbo-Croatian: Wilmington
- Silesian: Wilmington
- Sinhala: විල්මින්ග්ටන්
- Slovak: Wilmington
- Slovenian: Wilmington
- South Azerbaijani: ویلمینقتون، دلاویر
- Spanish: Wilmington
- Spanish: Wilmington (Delaware)
- Swedish: Fort Kristina
- Swedish: Wilmington, Delaware
- Swedish: Wilmington
- Tagalog: Wilmington, Delaware
- Tagalog: Wilmington
- Tamil: வில்மிங்டன்
- Tatar: Вилмингтон
- Tatar: Вилмиңтон
- Telugu: విల్మింగ్టన్
- Thai: วิลมิงตัน
- Turkish: Wilmington, Delaware
- Turkish: Wilmington
- Ukrainian: Вілмінгтон
- Ukrainian: Вілмінґтон
- Urdu: ویلمینگٹن، ڈیلاویئر
- Uzbek: Wilmington
- Vietnamese: Wilmington
- Volapük: Wilmington
- Waray (Philippines): Wilmington
- Welsh: Wilmington, Delaware
- Welsh: Wilmington
- Western Mari: Уилмингтон
- Wu Chinese: 威尔明顿 (特拉华州)
- Yue Chinese: 威明頓
- Willington
- 威尔明顿(特拉华州)
Other Places Named Wilmington
Localities in the Area
- Rodney Square Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
- West 9th Street Commercial Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
- DowntownNeighbourhood
- Upper East SideNeighbourhood
- East Brandywine Historic DistrictNeighbourhood
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