Kentucky
Kentucky is a southern state of the United States; its state capital is Frankfort. Attractions include horse racing and beautiful lakes. Kentucky is also culturally part of the American South. It is home to famous food, drink and music traditions.Tap on the map to travel |
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Louisville
Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is known for the Kentucky Derby horserace and as the "gateway to the south" from southern Indiana.Frankfort
Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Downtown Frankfort is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.Destinations
Bluegrass Region
The Bluegrass Region is perhaps Kentucky's most famous region, if not its most visited.Kentucky Derby Region
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Kentucky Derby Region is Kentucky's most famous and most visited region, home to the state's biggest city, Louisville, and of course, the world famous Kentucky Derby.
Caves and Lakes
Kentucky's Caves and Lakes region is centered around Bowling Green, Kentucky's third largest city, and home to the world's largest cave system—Mammoth Cave.Northern Ohio River Region
Kentucky's Northern Ohio River Region lies along the state border on the Ohio River with Ohio.Western Waterlands
Kentucky's Western Waterlands region is at the western edge of the state, and is home to popular outdoor recreation areas around Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley and Land Between the Lakes.Daniel Boone Country
Daniel Boone Country is Kentucky's southeasternmost region, along the Appalachian border with Virginia and Tennessee.Kentucky Appalachians
Kentucky Appalachians is the region where Kentucky, a proud country state, gets country.Western Coal Fields
Kentucky's Western Coal Fields is bluegrass country of a whole different nature—a banjo picking nature, that is.Southern Lakes
Kentucky's Southern Lakes region is in the middle of the state's southern border with Tennessee, and is home to Lake Cumberland.Kentucky
- Type: State with 4,410,000 residents
- Description: state of the United States of America
- Neighbors: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
- Categories: U.S. state and locality
- Location: South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
37.5726° or 37° 34' 21" northLongitude of center
-85.1551° or 85° 9' 19" westPopulation
4,410,000Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)Abbreviation
KYOpenStreetMap ID
node 316959037OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
6254925Wikidata ID
Q1603Kentucky Satellite Map
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- Thai: รัฐเคนทักกี
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- Turkish: Ken.
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