Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-04

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana


00:02:08 1 History
00:02:17 1.1 Prehistory
00:03:53 1.2 Colonial period
00:05:59 1.3 Modern history
00:09:18 2 Geography and climate
00:10:17 2.1 Tallest buildings
00:10:29 2.2 Neighborhoods
00:10:43 2.3 Climate
00:12:37 2.4 National protected areas
00:13:08 3 Demographics
00:16:15 4 Economy
00:19:36 4.1 Top employers
00:19:52 5 Culture
00:20:38 5.1 Arts and theater
00:24:20 5.2 Events
00:24:54 5.3 Miss USA pageants
00:26:28 5.4 Tourism and recreation
00:28:34 6 Sports
00:29:47 7 Parks and recreation
00:30:05 8 Government
00:31:11 8.1 Metropolitan Council
00:32:17 9 Education
00:34:20 9.1 Primary and secondary schools
00:35:32 9.2 Libraries
00:37:13 10 Media
00:38:16 11 Infrastructure
00:38:25 11.1 Communication
00:39:17 11.2 Health and medicine
00:40:06 11.3 Utilities
00:40:34 11.4 Military
00:42:33 12 Transportation
00:42:42 12.1 Shipping
00:43:02 12.2 Highways and roads
00:43:11 12.2.1 Interstates
00:44:36 12.2.2 US highways and major roads
00:47:09 12.2.3 Traffic issues and highway upgrades
00:51:23 12.3 Commuting
00:52:41 12.4 Airport
00:53:13 12.5 Rail
00:53:44 12.6 Buses and other mass transit
00:54:21 13 Notable people
00:54:30 14 Sister cities
00:55:30 15 See also



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Baton Rouge ( BAT-ən ROOZH; from French  bâton rouge [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ] (listen), meaning 'red stick') is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.
As its capital city, Baton Rouge is the political hub of Louisiana. It is the second-largest city in the state, with an estimated population of 227,715 in 2016. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge, is also the second-largest in Louisiana, with a population of 830,480 people as of 2015. The urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants.
Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, research, motion picture, and growing technology center of the American South. It is the location of Louisiana State University, the LSU System's flagship university and the largest institution of higher education in the state. It is also the location of Southern University, the flagship institution of the Southern University System, the only historically black college system in the nation.  The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the 10th-largest in the United States in terms of tonnage shipped, and is the farthest upstream Mississippi River port capable of handling Panamax ships.The Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta. This allowed development of a business quarter safe from seasonal flooding. In addition, the city built a levee system stretching from the bluff southward to protect the riverfront and low-lying agricultural areas. The city is a culturally rich center, with settlement by immigrants from numerous European nations and African peoples brought to North America as slaves or indentured servants. It was ruled by seven different governments: French, British, and Spanish in the colonial era, West Floridian, United States territory and state, Confederate, and United States again.