Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines /dᵻˈmɔɪn/ is the caipital an the maist populous ceety in the U.S. state o Iowa. It is the coonty seat o Polk Coonty an aw. A smaw portion o the ceety extends intae Warren Coonty. It wis incorporatit on 22 September 1851, as Fort Des Moines which wis shortened tae "Des Moines" in 1857. It is namit efter the Des Moines River, which mey hae been adaptit frae the French Rivière des Moines, meanin "River o the Monks". The ceety's population wis 203,433 as o the 2010 census. The five-coonty metropolitan aurie is rankit 91st in terms o population in the Unitit States wi 599,789 residents accordin tae the 2013 estimate bi the Unitit States Census Bureau. Sister ceeties The Greater Des Moines Sister City Commission, wi members frae the City of Des Moines an the suburbs o West Des Moines, Windsor Heights, Johnston, an Ankeny, maintains sister ceety relationships wi five warld commonties: – Kofu, Japan (16 August 1958) – Saint-Étienne, Fraunce (29 Mey 1985) – Shijiazhuang, Cheenae (8 August 1985) – Stavropol, Roushie (27 Julie 1992) – Province o Catanzaro, Italy (26 Juin 2006) References Freemit airtins Travel guide tae Des Moines, Iowa frae Wikivoyage Offeecial Ceety Wabsteid