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{{Image|Alabama WV regions map EN.png|right|200px|Alabama's major regions and cities.}} | {{Image|Alabama WV regions map EN.png|right|200px|Alabama's major regions and cities.}} | ||
'''Montgomery, Alabama''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Alabama (U.S. state)|Alabama]] and is located in south central Alabama along the [[Wikipedia:Alabama River|Alabama River]]. | '''Montgomery, Alabama''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Alabama (U.S. state)|Alabama]] and is located in south central Alabama along the [[Wikipedia:Alabama River|Alabama River]]. In the 1950's, Montgomery was a major center of the [[Civil Rights Movement]],<ref name=Beito /> including the [[Wikipedia:Montgomery bus boycott|Montgomery bus boycott]] and the [[Wikipedia:Selma to Montgomery marches|Selma to Montgomery marches]]. | ||
As of 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area has 386,047. Montgomery is comparable in size with [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] (~90 miles north and slightly west) and [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] (north end of the state). | |||
{{Image|Montgomery Alabama panorama.jpg|left|400px|Downtown Montgomery, Alabama in 2008}} | {{Image|Montgomery Alabama panorama.jpg|left|400px|Downtown Montgomery, Alabama in 2008}} | ||
Revision as of 08:15, 19 March 2023
This article is about Montgomery, Alabama. For other uses of the term Montgomery, please see Montgomery (disambiguation).
Montgomery, Alabama is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama and is located in south central Alabama along the Alabama River. In the 1950's, Montgomery was a major center of the Civil Rights Movement,[1] including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.
As of 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area has 386,047. Montgomery is comparable in size with Birmingham (~90 miles north and slightly west) and Huntsville (north end of the state).
The city has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.
References
- ↑ Beito, David (May 2, 2009) Something is Rotten in Montgomery, June 19, 2015 on LewRockwell.com