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The capital and largest city of the US state of Arkansas with a population of 191,930 in the city proper and 685,488 in the metropolitan area in 2009. The Combined Metropolitan Statistical area had 862,520 people according to census estimates in 2009
The capital and largest city of Arkansas, in the central part of the state on the Arkansas River. It became territorial capital in 1821 and state capital in 1836. Population: 175,795. the capital of the US state of Arkansas. In 1957 the US President had to send US government soldiers to a school, because the state governor was using Arkansas state soldiers to prevent nine black children from going to a school where all the children were white. City (pop., 2000: 183,133), capital of Arkansas, U.S., located on the Arkansas River. In 1722 Bernard de la Harpe, a French explorer, named the site La Petite Roche for a rock formation on the riverbank. It became the capital of Arkansas in 1821. It was strongly anti-Union at the outbreak of the American Civil War; Federal troops occupied the city in 1863. It grew as the commercial centre of a farming region and as a hub of railway and river transportation. In 1957 federal troops were sent there to prevent state authorities from interfering with desegregation at Central High School. The state's largest city, it has many institutions of higher learning, including the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1927)
capital city of Arkansas (USA)
the state capital and largest city of Arkansas in the central part of Arkansas on the Arkansas River

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North Little Rock
A city of central Arkansas on the Arkansas River opposite Little Rock. Originally named Silver City after a small vein of ore discovered in the area, it is now a trade and manufacturing center. Population: 61,741
little rock

    Hyphenation

    lit·tle rock

    Turkish pronunciation

    lîtıl räk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈlətəl ˈräk/ /ˈlɪtəl ˈrɑːk/
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