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Des Moines, Iowa
city in and county seat of Polk County, Iowa, United States, and Iowa federated state capital city / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Des Moines is a city in Iowa. It is the capital city of Iowa. The city had a population of 214,133 in the 2020 United States Census.[6] It is the home of the Des Moines Art Center, a regional art museum, and the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, an outdoor sculpture garden.
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Coordinates: 41°35′27″N 93°37′15″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
Counties | Polk, Warren |
Founded | 1843; 181 years ago (1843) |
Incorporated | September 22, 1851; 172 years ago (1851-09-22) |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager[3] |
• Mayor | Frank Cownie (D) |
• U.S. Congress | Zach Nunn (R) |
Area | |
• State capital city | 90.70 sq mi (234.92 km2) |
• Land | 88.18 sq mi (228.38 km2) |
• Water | 2.52 sq mi (6.54 km2) |
Elevation | 873 ft (266 m) |
Population | |
• State capital city | 214,133 |
• Rank | US: 105th IA: 1st |
• Density | 2,428.39/sq mi (937.60/km2) |
• Urban | 542,486 (US: 78th) |
• Urban density | 2,413.8/sq mi (932.0/km2) |
• Metro | 699,292 (US: 83rd) |
• CSA | 846,068 (US: 64th) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 50301-50340-50310-50316 |
Area code | 515 |
FIPS code | 19-21000 |
GNIS feature ID | 465961 |
Website | www |
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