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Omaha, Nebraska

USA / Nebraska / Omaha /
 city, draw only border, county seat
City with a 2006 population of 427,872; largest city in Nebraska. County seat of Douglas County. Originally settled by Native Americans who named the site Umonhon, meaning "Dwellers on the bluff." The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through what is now Omaha in 1804. The Mormons built a town called Cutler's Park in the area in 1846 during their westward exodus to Utah. In 1854 the Omaha Tribe ceded the land on which the current city is built to the United States, which made white settlement legal. The city began to be settled in 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act formed the Nebraska Territory, and Omaha was made the territorial capital. The capital was moved to Lincoln upon statehood in 1867.

Located on the eastern edge of Nebraska, it is on the Missouri River, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Council Bluffs, Iowa lies directly across the Missouri River from Omaha. The city and its suburbs formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2000, with an estimated population of 822,549 (2006) residing in eight counties or about 1.2 million within a 50-mile (80 km) radius.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is considered to be a world-class facility.

Website: www.ci.omaha.ne.us/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska
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Coordinates:   41°15'28"N   96°1'45"W

Comments

  • Bobby (guest)
    One of the best cities in the country in my opinion. Home to large corporations, actually is in the top 10 fortune 500 cities in the U.S. Growing population, booming economy, rapidly growing downtown. Omaha offers a lot.
  • herecomethemigs17212329 (guest)
    i like omaha
  • Brendan (guest)
    A lot of people do not realize what all Omaha has to offer, there are so many great shopping centers here, lots of development downtown, over 2 billion dollars!!! We have a rapidly expanding airport, an extremely lively downtown, lots of new highrises are getting built, an extremely impressive riverfront that has grown by leaps and bounds. SE Nebraska has so much to offer. And Omaha is just the start!
  • OmahaTom
    Omaha is a bustling metropolis, but feels like a small town to those who live there. It's very charming and inviting, while offering limitless options for nightlife entertainment. Home to Saddle Creek Records, Omaha has a nationally recognized Indie music scene which has been the bedrock for numerous world famous musical groups like Bright Eyes, 311, The Faint, Maroon 5, Cursive, Emphatic & Manheim Steamroller. Omaha also has more millionaires per capita than any other American city, as of 2013.