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Mobile () is the third most populous city in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 198,915 during the 2000 census. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 399,843 residents which is composed solely of Mobile County and is the second largest MSA in the state. Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 540,258, the second largest combined statistical area in the state.
Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. The city gained its name from the Native American Mobilian tribe that the French colonists found in the area of Mobile Bay. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony for France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1813, left the United States with Alabama in 1861 to become a part of the Confederate States of America, and then returned to the United States in 1865.U.S. History, Retrieved May 5, 2007
Located at the junction of the Mobile River and Mobile Bay on the northern Gulf of Mexico, the city is the only seaport in Alabama. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city beginning with the city as a key trading center between the French and Native AmericansDrechsel, Emanuel. Mobilian Jargon: Linguistic and Sociohistorical Aspects of a Native American Pidgin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0198240333 down to its current role as the 10th largest port in the United States.
As one of the Gulf Coast's cultural centers, Mobile houses several art museums, a symphony orchestra, a professional opera, a professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture. Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival celebrations in the United States, dating to the 1700s of its early colonial period. It was also host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society or "krewe" in the United States, dating to 1830. People from Mobile are known as Mobilians.
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awelldressedbullet wrote...
Sounds like a wonderful city to visit, and the homes look gorgeous! - Kathy
Posted December 10, 2008
justinsas wrote...
hey great work on this lens. Im proud to say Im Mobile ala resident myself. I particularly like the history of this great city keep up the good work 5 stars.
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Posted November 25, 2008
dc64 wrote...
I live in Alabama, but have never been to Mobile. It's great to see something on my home state. I have a bit on Captain Raphael Semmes on my amazing history lens though, and found out you have a statue of him. Awesome and 5 stars!
Posted August 04, 2008
sewjr24 wrote...
Nice lens! I gave 5 stars and lensrolled it to my own lenses about the city of Mobile: The Original Mardi Gras: Mobile, AL and Battleship USS Alabama (BB-60).
Posted July 13, 2008
