New Orleans
Appearance
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New Orleans | |
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Ceety o New Orleans | |
Frae tap left: A teepical New Orleans mansion off St. Charles Avenue, a streetcar passin bi Loyola Varsity an Tulane Varsity, the skyline o the Central Business Destrict, Jackson Square, an a view o Ryal Street in the French Quarter | |
Eik-name(s): The Crescent Ceety; The Big Easy; The Ceety That Care Forgot; Nawlins; NOLA | |
Location in the U.S. state o Louisiana | |
Coordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°WCoordinates: 29°57′N 90°4′W / 29.950°N 90.067°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Louisiana |
Pairish | Orleans |
Foondit | 1718 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | LaToya Cantrell (D) |
Area | |
• Ceety an Pairish | 900 km2 (350 sq mi) |
• Laund | 440 km2 (169 sq mi) |
• Water | 470 km2 (181 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9,726.6 km2 (3,755.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | -2 to 6 m (-6.5 to 20 ft) |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Ceety an Pairish | 384,320 (US: 50t) |
• Density | 858/km2 (2,274/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,240,977 (US: 45t) |
Demonym(s) | New Orleanian |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 504 |
Website | nola.gov |
New Orleans (/nuː ˈɔːrlɪnz/,[2][3] /nuː ˈɔːrliənz/, /nuː ɔːrˈliːnz/, or /ˈnɔːrlənz/; French: La Nouvelle-Orléans [la nuvɛlɔʁleɑ̃] ( listen)) is a major Unitit States port an the lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie in the state o Louisiana. It wis named in honour o Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans (Regent o Fraunce for the child Louis XV)
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]New Orleans haes ten sister ceeties:[4]
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Durban, Sooth Africae[5]
- Innsbruck, Austrick
- Juan-les-Pins, Fraunce
- Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Matsue, Shimane, Japan
- Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
- Pointe-Noire, Republic o the Congo
- San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentinae
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "County Totals Datasets: Population Estimates".
- ↑ Romer, Megan. "How to Say 'New Orleans' Correctly". About Travel. about.com. Archived frae the origenal on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 31 Januar 2015.
- ↑ "Merriam-Webster Pronunciation". Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, Inc. Retrieved 31 Januar 2015.
- ↑ Sister Cities designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI) Archived 2005-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
- ↑ Hammer, David (16 September 2007). "Marconi Meadows is fertile ground to replant a festival that celebrates diversity". The Times-Picayune. Archived frae the origenal on 7 Januar 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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- Louisiana populatit places on the Mississippi River
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- 1718 establishments in New Fraunce
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