Montgomery, Alabama
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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 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area 386,047. Montgomery is comparable in size with Birmingham, Alabama (~90 miles north of Birmingham and slightly to its west) and Huntsville, Alabama (in the very north end of the state).
In the middle of the 20th century, Montgomery was a major center of events and protests in the Civil Rights Movement,[1] including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.
The city has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.