Columbus, Mississippi

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www.columbusms.org. Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately 282 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Jackson, 193 kilometers (120 mi) north of Meridian, 102 kilometers (63 mi) south of Tupelo, (60 mi) northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and 198 kilometers (123 mi) west of Birmingham, Alabama.[1] The population was 23,640 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lowndes County[2] and the principal city of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. Columbus is also part of the area of northeast Mississippi called The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, West Point and Starkville, in the counties of Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha.
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Coordinates:   33°30'24"N   88°25'30"W

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