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Baton Rouge (French: Bâton-Rouge pronounce /ˌbætən ˈruːdʒ/ in English, and [bɑtɔ̃ ʀuʒ] (help·info) in French) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish which contains 430,812 residents. The Greater Baton Rouge population is approximately 790,000.

Trivia about baton rouge

  • In terms of enrollment LSU's largest campus is in this capital city
  • Built in 1792, St. Joseph's Cathedral is the oldest church in this Louisiana capital
  • It's Louisiana's second largest city & its capital
  • In 1862 the Union captured this Louisiana capital; the Confederates moved the capital to Opelousas
  • It's the state capital in which Huey Long is buried
  • Louisiana State University & Louisiana A&M were founded in this capital in 1860
  • Krewe Mystique holds this capital city's oldest Mardi Gras parade
  • Magnolia Mound Plantation, an old Creole home, is a tourist attraction in this city
  • Now a museum, the old Governor's Mansion in this capital was constructed by Huey P. Long in 1930
  • A state capital since 1849, it showed Southern hospitality in 2005 as its population grew by 50% after Katrina
  • The name of this capital is French for "red stick"
  • The name of this state capital & port city is French for "red stick"
  • Its name is French for "red stick"
  • Sugar plantations across the Mississippi from this capital form an area known as the "Sugar Bowl of America"
  • Huey Long was shot at the state capitol in this city in 1935
  • 450 feet tall with 34 floors, the Capitol building in this Louisiana city is the tallest state Capitol
  • Red Stick Farmers Market & The Blue Bayou Water Park
  • By early 2006, New Orleans had been overtaken in population by this nearby capital city
  • It's the state capital where on September 8, 1935 Dr. Carl Weiss shot Senator Huey P. Long
  • This state capital was governed at times by Britain, France, Spain, the Republic of West Florida, the CSA & the U.S.
  • In 1935 Huey was assassinated in this city's 34-story art deco building, then the South's tallest
  • In 1849 it replaced New Orleans as a state capital

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