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Baton Rouge, is the capital of Louisiana, a state of the United States of America, and is the second largest city in Louisiana behind New Orleans. As of the 2000 census, its population is 227,818, city/parish area of 412,852 (would be 40th largest U.S city if completely merged with parish), and the metropolitan area of 602,894. Baton Rouge is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. Baton Rouge is home to the main campus of Louisiana State University and to Southern University.

Baton Rouge is served by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.

History
Establishment
The name "Baton Rouge" means “red stick” in French. In 1699, the Sieur d’Iberville led an exploration party of about 200 French-Canadians up the Mississippi River, and on 17 March, on a bluff on the east (“left”) bank, they saw a cypress pole festooned with bloody animal and fish heads, which they learned was a boundary-marker between the hunting territories of two of the local Houma Indian groups. The bluff (by consensus among historians) is located on what is now the campus of Southern University, in the northern part of the city, and a commemorative sculpture by Frank Hayden has been erected nearby. more information.

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