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Geography Atlas. "Urbana." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/urbana.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Urbana. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/urbana

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@misc{geographyatlas-urbana,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Urbana},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/urbana},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is the twin city of neighboring Champaign and hosts the official campus address of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336.

Facts

Population

38,336 1

Area (sq km)

30.83 1

Founding Year

1833 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

223 1

Latitude

40.11056 degrees north 1

Longitude

88.19722 degrees west 1

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Source Urbana, Illinois (Wikipedia)

Source Urbana, Illinois (Wikipedia)

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Also in Education Atlas: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, part of this there.

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1. Urbana, Illinois (Wikipedia)

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Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336.

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38,336

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Population (2020)

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30.83 km2

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223 m

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40.11056

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-88.19722

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1833

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United States

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Illinois

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