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About Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge ( BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area and city, Greater Baton Rouge. 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 at the Gulf of Mexico. This allowed development of a business quarter safe from seasonal flooding. In addition, it built a levee system stretching from the bluff southward to protect the riverfront and low-lying agricultural areas.

Neighborhoods in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Acadian Place, Afton Oaks, Airline Acres, Alsen Heights, Ardenwood, Arlington, Aubin, Audubon Terrace, Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area, Beauregard Town, Broadmoor/Sherwood Forest, Brookstown, Brownfields, Capital Heights, Centurion Place

Things to do in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Airline Highway Park

Andonie Sports Museum at LSU

BATON ROUGE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

BREC Magnolia Mound Plantation

BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo

BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

Barton Arboretum

Blue Zoo Aquarium Baton Rouge

Botanic Gardens

Burden Museum & Gardens

Capitol Park Museum

Celebration Station

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