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| City of Baton Rouge | |
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| Etymology: from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. Bâton-Rouge 'red stick' | |
| Coordinates: 30°26′51″N 91°10′43″W / 30.44750°N 91.17861°WCoordinates: 30°26′51″N 91°10′43″W / 30.44750°N 91.17861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | East Baton Rouge |
| Founded | 1699 |
| Settled | 1721 |
| Incorporated | January 16, 1817 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor-President | Sharon Weston Broome (D) |
| Area | |
| • State capital city and Consolidated city-parish | 88.52 sq mi (229.27 km2) |
| • Land | 86.32 sq mi (223.56 km2) |
| • Water | 2.20 sq mi (5.71 km2) |
| • Total | 79.11 sq mi (204.89 km2) |
| Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Population | |
| • State capital city and Consolidated city-parish | 227,470 |
| • Rank | US: 99th |
| • Density | 2,635.32/sq mi (1,017.50/km2) |
| • Urban | 631,326 (US: 67th) |
| • Urban density | 1,592.9/sq mi (615.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 870,569 (US: 66th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 70801–70817, 70819–70823, 70825–70827, 70831, 70833, 70835–70837, 70874, 70879, 70883, 70884, 70892–70896, 70898 |
| FIPS code | 22-05000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1629914 |
| Website | www |
Baton Rouge is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification). view more...
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