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Chelan

city in Washington State, USA
Place city_in_the_united_states Q1207462

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in the United States
Inception
1902[10]
Official website
www.cityofchelan.com[11]
Official name
Chelan[14]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.843°, -120.021°
Located in or next to body of water
Lake Chelan, Chelan River[4][5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chelan County[2]

Population and size

Area
16.4 (6.86–17.2, n=3)[19][20][21]
Elevation above sea level
+344, +1129[17][18]
Population
+3890, +4222[12][13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 3,890 · 4,222 GeoNames 4,060 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
509[9]
Postal code
98816[8]
More facts +7
Different from
Chelan people[16]
Head of government
Erin McCardle[6]
Named after
Chelan people[7]
Number of households
+1632[15]
Per capita income
+33970[24]
Territory overlaps
Chelan urban area[23]
Water as percent of area
+0.9743[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chelan en Chelan, WA en Chelan, Washington en City of Chelan ar شيلان es Chelan (Washington) fa چیلان، واشینگتن fa چیلان he שלאן ja シェラン ko 첼랜 uk Шелан zh 奇兰 zh-hant 奇蘭
🔖 Identifiers · 25
VIAF cluster ID
126697344
Library of Congress authority ID
n82157504
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chelan, WA - Campbell's.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
17873
Curlie ID
Regional/North_America/United_States/Washington/Localities/C/Chelan/
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
53-11615
FactGrid item ID
Topa de Sus
Freebase ID
/m/010pry
GNIS Feature ID
1530831, 2409440
GeoNames ID
5789826
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
chelan
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0443708
Show all 25 identifiers +13
HistoryLink essay number
10160
MusicBrainz area ID
66fa296f-e097-48f3-8390-761c45e6320d
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007552710205171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
237804
OpenWeatherMap city ID
5789826
Quora topic ID
Chelan-WA
Scenic Washington scenic drives and road trips ID
poi/chelan
Topic's main category
Category:Chelan, Washington
UN/LOCODE
USXDV
WOEID
2378795
Who's on First ID
101730119
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxCx7GTFp9hQqkDtbP84q
Yale LUX ID
place/5156aac7-8f33-447a-ae9d-636fc0d43f86

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🔗 Connections
Located in time zone 3
UTC−08:00, UTC−07:00, Pacific Time Zone
Located in or next to body of water 2
Lake Chelan, Chelan River
Contained subdivisions 1
Lake Chelan Mirror
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Chelan people
FactGrid item ID 1
Topa de Sus
Instance of 1
city in the United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chelan County
Named after 1
Chelan people
Named after 1
Lake Chelan Airport
People born here 1
Joe Harris
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Chelan County
← Different from 1
Chelan people
← Place of publication 1
Lake Chelan Mirror
← Place served by transport hub 1
Lake Chelan Airport
← Significant place 1
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
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Summary

Chelan is a city in the United States[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chelan include Lake Chelan Airport[25], an airport[26], in United States[27].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Chelan include Lake Chelan Airport[25], an airport[26], in United States[27].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . cityofchelan.us. Retrieved . cityofchelan.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Chelan, Washington
    Located in time zone → —
    Population → {'amount': '+3890'}, {'amount': '+4222'}
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