Baton Rouge is French for "RedStick", is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. The seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, the city 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 metropolitan
city in the state, with a growing population of 229,426 people as of 2013. The metropolitan area surrounding the
city, known as Greater Baton
Rouge, has a population of 820,159 people as of 2013. The urban area has around 594,309
inhabitants.
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