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Capital City of Louisiana USA
Located on the Mississippi river, the port city of Baton Rouge is the state capital of Louisiana. Baton Rouge (the name means "red stick" in French) is also the seat of East Baton Rouge Parish and the second-largest city in Louisiana (New Orleans is the largest)