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About New Orleans, Louisiana
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New Orleans
La Nouvelle-Orlรฉansย (French)
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Consolidated city-parish
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Central Business District
Bourbon Street
St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans Streetcars
Superdome
University of New Orleans
Crescent City Connection
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“The Crescent City”, “The gigantic Easy”, “The City That Care Forgot”, “NOLA”, “The City of Yes”, “Hollywood South”, “The Creole City”
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Interactive map of New Orleans
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 New Orleans
Location in Louisiana
New Orleans
Location in the United States
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29ยฐ58โฒ00โณN 90ยฐ04โฒ50โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ29.96667ยฐN 90.08056ยฐW |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Orleans |
| Founded | 1718 |
| Founded by | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville |
| Named for | Philippe II, Duke of Orlรฉans (1674โ1723) |
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| ย โขย Type | Mayorโcouncil |
| ย โขย Mayor | LaToya Cantrell (D) |
| ย โขย Council | New Orleans City Council |
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| ย โขย Consolidated city-parish | 349.85ย sqย mi (906.10ย km2) |
| ย โขย Land | 169.42ย sqย mi (438.80ย km) |
| ย โขย Water | 180.43ย sqย mi (467.30ย km2) |
| ย โขย Metro | 3,755.2ย sqย mi (9,726.6ย km) |
| Elevation | โ6.5 to 20ย ft (โ2 to 6ย m) |
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| ย โขย Consolidated city-parish | 383,997 |
| ย โขย Density | 2,267/sqย mi (875/km) |
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| ย โขย Urbanย density | 3,563.8/sqย mi (1,376.0/km) |
| ย โขย Metro | 1,270,530 (US: 45th) |
| Demonym | New Orleanian |
| Time zone | UTCโ6 (CST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 504 |
| FIPS code | 22-55000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1629985 |
| Website | nola.gov |
New Orleans ( OR-l(ee)ษnz, or-LEENZ, OR-lษnz; French: La Nouvelle-Orlรฉans [la nuvษlษสleษฬ] ) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the most populous city in Louisiana, third most populous city in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and billboard hub for the broader Gulf Coast region of the United States. New Orleans is furthermore a region of French Louisiana, along in the same way as the Cajun Country.
New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and perky nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the “most unique” in the United States, owing in large allowance to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. Additionally, New Orleans has increasingly been known as “Hollywood South” due to its prominent role in the film industry and in pop culture.
Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was like the territorial capital of French Louisiana before becoming part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. New Orleans in 1840 was the third most populous city in the United States, and it was the largest city in the American South from the Antebellum era until after World War II. The city has historically been unquestionably vulnerable to flooding, due to its high rainfall, low lying elevation, poor natural drainage, and proximity to multipart bodies of water. State and federal authorities have installed a highbrow system of levees and drainage pumps in an effort to guard the city.