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Message: [QUOTE="Toga, post: 834580, member: 365"] [B]Shreveport[/B] (US dict: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_dictionary_transcription']ˈshrēv-ˌpȯrt[/URL], ipa: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English']/[/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key']ˈʃriːvpɔrt[/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English']/[/URL]) is the third largest city in the state of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana']Louisiana[/URL] and the 109th-largest city in the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. It is the seat of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caddo_Parish,_Louisiana']Caddo Parish[/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana#cite_note-GR6-1'][1][/URL] and extends along the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_of_the_South']Red River[/URL] (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana']Bossier Parish[/URL]. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossier_City,_Louisiana']Bossier City[/URL] is separated from Shreveport by the Red River. The population of Shreveport was 199,311 at the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Census']2010 census[/URL],[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana#cite_note-Census_2010-2'][2][/URL] and the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport-Bossier_City_Metropolitan_Area']Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area[/URL] population exceeds 441,000.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] The Shreveport-Bossier City[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area']Metropolitan Statistical Area[/URL] ranks 112th in the United States, according to the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau']United States Census Bureau[/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas']Republic of Texas[/URL] and, prior to that time, into [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark-La-Tex']Ark-La-Tex[/URL] region, where [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas']Arkansas[/URL], Louisiana, and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas']Texas[/URL] meet. Many people in the community refer to the city of Shreveport as "The Port City". [/QUOTE]

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