Downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||
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| City of Baton Rouge | |||
From top clockwise: the Horace Wilkinson Bridge spanning across the Mississippi River, Tiger Stadium during an LSU football game, the Shaw Center for the Arts on Lafayette Street, an aerial view of Louisiana State University, the Huey P. Long Memorial in the State Capitol Gardens, the Varsity Theatre near LSU, and the Louisiana State Capitol in downtown Baton Rouge.
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| Nickname(s): Red Stick, The Capital City, B.R. | |||
 Location in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and the state of Louisiana |
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 Baton Rouge
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| Coordinates: 30°26′55″N 91°07′33″W / 30.44861°N 91.12583°W | |||
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 United States
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 Louisiana
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| Parish | East Baton Rouge Parish | ||
| Founded | 1699 | ||
| Settled | 1719 | ||
| Incorporated | January 16, 1817 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor-President | Sharon Weston Broome (D) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Land | 76.95 sq mi (199.29 km2) | ||
| • Water | 2.16 sq mi (5.59 km2) | ||
| • Total | 79.11 sq mi (204.89 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | 229,493 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 228,590 | ||
| • Rank | US: 97th | ||
| • Density | 2,975/sq mi (1,148.5/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 594,309 (US: 68th) | ||
| • Metro | 830,480 (US: 70th) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Baton Rougean | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| ZIP code | 70801, 70802, 70803, 70804, 70805, 70806, 70807, 70808, 70809, 70810, 70811, 70812, 70813, 70814, 70815, 70816, 70817, 70819, 70820, 70821, 70822, 70823, 70825, 70826, 70827, 70831, 70833, 70835, 70836, 70837, 70874, 70879, 70883, 70884, 70892, 70893, 70894, 70895, 70896, 70898 | ||
| Area code(s) | 225 | ||
| Website | www |
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Baton Rouge (/ˌbætən ˈruːʒ/ BAT-ən ROOZH; French for "Red Stick", French: Bâton-Rouge [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]) is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. It forms the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish and is located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River.
As the "Capital City", Baton Rouge is the political hub for Louisiana, and is the second-largest city in the state after New Orleans, with an estimated population of 228,590 in 2015. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge, is also the second-largest in Louisiana, with a population of 830,480 people as of 2015. The urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants.
Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, research, motion picture, and growing technology center of the American South. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the tenth largest in the United States in terms of tonnage shipped, and is the farthest upstream Mississippi River port capable of handling Panamax ships.
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