Montgomery, Alabama
city in and county seat of Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, that is the capital of Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montgomery is the capital city of the state of Alabama in the United States. It is on the Alabama River. In 2020, 200,603 people lived there, making it the third-most populated city in Alabama after Huntsville, Alabama, which had 215,006, and Birmingham which had 200,733.[5]
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Montgomery, Alabama | |
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City of Montgomery | |
Montgomery along the Alabama River | |
Nickname(s): "The Gump", "Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement”, "Cradle of the Confederacy" | |
Motto: "Capital of Dreams"[1] | |
Coordinates: 32°21′42″N 86°16′45″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Montgomery |
Incorporated | December 3, 1819; 204 years ago (1819-12-03)[2] |
Named for | Richard Montgomery |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–Council |
• Mayor | Steven Reed (D) |
• Council | Montgomery City Council |
Area | |
• State capital city | 162.27 sq mi (420.28 km2) |
• Land | 159.86 sq mi (414.03 km2) |
• Water | 2.41 sq mi (6.25 km2) |
Elevation | 240 ft (73 m) |
Population | |
• State capital city | 200,603 |
• Rank | 119th in the United States 3rd in Alabama |
• Density | 1,254.89/sq mi (484.52/km2) |
• Urban | 254,348 (US: 160th)[6] |
• Urban density | 1,752.9/sq mi (676.8/km2) |
• Metro | 386,047 (US: 142nd) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 36013, 36043, 36064, 36104, 36105, 36106, 36107, 36108, 36109, 36110, 36111, 36112, 36113, 36115, 36116, 36117 |
Area code | 334 |
FIPS code | 01-51000 |
GNIS feature ID | 165344 |
Website | montgomeryal |
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