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Terre Haute
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city and county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States
Terre Haute is a city in Indiana that serves as the county seat of Vigo County, meaning it is the main city where the county government is based. It is located in the United States and functions as an important administrative and population center for the surrounding area.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Terre Haute
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Vigo County
- Population
- 58389
- Area
- 91.345201
- Elevation
- 152
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Vigo County
- Official website
- terrehaute.in.gov
- Image
- TerreHaute-Downtown-lookingsouth.jpg
- Households
- 23665
- Dialing code
- 812
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Terre Haute, Indiana
- postal code
- 47801
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Terre Haute, Indiana
- Commons category
- Terre Haute, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Terre Haute, Indiana
- native label
- Terre Haute
- inception
- 1811-00-00
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- water as percent of area
- 2.0764
- per capita income
- 22157
- P12749
- Klaus Küng
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Encyclopedic overview
Terre Haute (/ˈtɛrə ˈhoʊt/ TERR-ə HOHT) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Located along the Wabash River about 5 miles (8 km) east of the state border with Illinois, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley; it is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. It also contains the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, which houses the US federal execution chamber and the primary federal death row for men.
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