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New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy, among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the most populous city in Louisiana. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
383,997 1
Area (sq km)
438.8 1
Founding Year
1718 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
-2 2
Latitude
29.9761 degrees north 1
Longitude
90.0783 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 5
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Associated With

Louisiana, States or Territories

New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Source New Orleans (Wikipedia)
The Mississippi, Bodies of Water
Source Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries
Source New Orleans (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Four names and a floodplain: how New Orleans got its names and its levees, Articles
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Origin Of

Jazz

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Louis Armstrong

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Mahalia Jackson

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Oysters Bienville

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Source Creole Classic (source article)Opening paragraph [origin-region]
Quote, Opening paragraph [origin-region]
Named for Jean de Baptiste-le-Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who founded New Orleans in 1718

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Higgins Industries

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Source Higgins Industries (Wikipedia)Lead, base
Quote, Lead, base
Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Marie Laveau

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Mary Oneida Toups

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Louisiana Supreme Court

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Source Louisiana Supreme Court (Wikipedia)Lead [seat-city]
Quote, Lead [seat-city]
meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Source United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Wikipedia)Lead, seat
Quote, Lead, seat
is headquartered at the John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Saints

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Source New Orleans Saints (Wikipedia)Lead, home city
Quote, Lead, home city
based in New Orleans

Found There

Khet (game)

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Source Khet (game) (source article)History, designers and origin
Quote, History, designers and origin
designed the game as a class project at Tulane University
Sources
1. New Orleans (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy, among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 census, New Orleans is the most populous city in Louisiana.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    383,997
  • Infobox, Population year
    2020 census
  • Infobox, Area
    438.8
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    29.9761°N, 90.0783°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    29.9761°N, 90.0783°W
  • Lead section
    Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before becoming part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
  • Associated With: United States, Infobox, Country
    united-states
  • Associated With: Louisiana, Infobox, State
    Louisiana
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. New Orleans (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation -2 m
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 29.9761,-90.0783
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 3.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.75, -90.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.75, -90.25
29.75 -90.25 Cfa
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5. GeoNames: New Orleans - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4335045
Quote, cities500 record 4335045
29.95465 -90.07507 P PPLA2 US LA 071 98000 362701 0 18 America/Chicago
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Wikidata: New Orleans
Wikidata Q34404, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Mississippi, Lead section, Atchafalaya diversion passage
Quote, Associated With: The Mississippi, Lead section, Atchafalaya diversion passage
prevent the lower Mississippi from shifting into the channel of the Atchafalaya River and bypassing New Orleans
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