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The State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge, and the largest city is New Orleans based on March 2007 data which suggest New Orleans population increased by 32,000 people since the Census Bureau's count in July 2006 to bring the population to 255,000. The population within the city limits of Baton Rouge itself was 224,000 pre-Katrina and according to the Census Bureau the population increased by only 8,000 in the year following Katrina to bring it to about 232,000. Other data suggest that even with its many post-Katrina problems, the repopulation of New Orleans is occurring in great numbers.
The largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish and largest by area is Terrebonne Parish (Louisiana is the only state that is divided into parishes; most other states are divided only into counties instead). The New Orleans metropolitan area is Louisiana's largest.
Louisiana has a unique multicultural and multilingual heritage. Originally part of New France, Louisiana is home to many speakers of Cajun French and Louisiana Creole French. African American and Franco-African, and French / French Canadian form the two largest groups of ancestry in Louisiana's population. (read more . . . )
The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is a renowned aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Recognized as one of the leading aquariums in the United States, the Aquarium of the Americas is run by the Audubon Institute, which also supervises the Audubon Zoo and Audubon Park (in a different part of the city). The Aquarium is located along the banks of the Mississippi River by the edge of the historic French Quarter off Canal Street and opened in 1990.
With 10,000 animals representing 530 species, exhibits include the Mississippi River gallery, featuring catfish, paddlefish, and alligators; a Caribbean reef exhibit featuring a clear, 30-foot-long tunnel surrounded by aquatic creatures; and a Gulf of Mexico exhibit featuring sharks, sea turtles, and stingrays.
The first part of the Aquarium takes you on a journey through the Caribbean. You enter through the 30 foot tunnel surrounded by 17 ft of water which is approximately 132,000 gallons of water.
You then head upstairs to the Amazon Exhibit. This is located in a glass structure that gives the Aquarium an original and noticeable flair. The humidity, mist, and noise all adds the authenticity of this exhibit. Some of the highlights of this area are the Parrots, Anaconda, and Piranhas. (read more . . . )
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Clarkson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Jackie Clarkson (a prominent local New Orleans politician and councilwoman) and Arthur Clarkson, a school administrator who worked at the Department of Medicine of Louisiana State University.
Clarkson starred in a series of high-profile films in her early career, including The Dead Pool, Rocket Gibraltar and Everybody's All-American. She starred in the short-run television series Davis Rules, and in the miniseries Alex Haley's Queen. Other television appearances have included the role of "Aunt Sarah" in Six Feet Under, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
In 1999, she appeared in The Green Mile, and in 2002 in Far from Heaven. In 2003, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Pieces of April, in which she plays an acerbic mother dying of cancer. Clarkson garnered critical acclaim for her work in The Station Agent (2003). Some film enthusiasts note her talent as a character actor. (read more . . . )
- ...that the mayor of tiny Logansport, Louisiana, worked for 16 years to keep a new bridge over the Sabine River a high priority?
- ...More than one-half of the species of birds in North America are resident in Louisiana or spend a portion of their migration there?
- ...Louisiana has the greatest concentration of crude oil refineries, natural gas processing plants and petrochemical production facilities in the Western Hemisphere?
- ...Louisiana is the only state with a large population of Cajuns, descendants of the Acadians who were driven out of Canada in the 1700s because they wouldn't pledge allegiance to the King of England?
- ...The town of Jean Lafitte was once a hideaway for pirates?
- ...Because of its many bays and sounds, Louisiana has the longest coastline (15,000 miles) of any state and 41 percent of the nation's wetlands?
- ...Louisiana is the nation's largest handler of grain for export to world markets and that more than 40 percent of the U.S. grain exports move through Louisiana ports?
- ...The site of the oldest known Louisiana civilization is Poverty Point in West Carroll Parish, where an Indian village existed 2, 700 years ago?
- ...Louisiana has 2,482 islands, covering nearly 1.3 million acres?
- ...The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, with a length of 23.87 miles, is the world's longest bridge built entirely over water?
- ...Baton Rouge was the site of the only battle fought outside of the original 13 colonies during the American Revolution?
- ...Louisiana produces more furs (1.3 million pelts a year) than any other state?
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Eunice is located at 30°29′37″N, 92°25′1″W (30.493595, -92.416927) and has an elevation of 49 feet (15 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.1 km² (4.7 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.
Located in the heart of Cajun country, Eunice is famous for its Cajun music, and in November 1997 the Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum was founded there. The City of Eunice and the National Park Service sponsor "Laissez les bons temps rouler au rendezvous des cajuns", a live Cajun music show every Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre, an old movie theatre that was restored by a "coup de main" by local volunteers after falling into disrepair. Eunice is home to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, a unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Eunice is host to one of the largest courir de Mardi Gras (traditional rural French Louisiana Mardi Gras observance), as well as the World Championship Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off. (read more . . . )
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