New Orleans - Wikipedia
New Orleans [a] (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
2025 New Orleans truck attack - Wikipedia
On January 1, 2025, at around 3:15 a.m. CST (), a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot.Fifteen people were killed, including the perpetrator, and at least fifty-seven others were injured, including two police officers who were shot.
History of New Orleans - Wikipedia
The suburbs saw great growth in the second half of the 20th century, and it was only in the post-World War II period that a truly metropolitan New Orleans comprising the New Orleans center city and surrounding suburbs developed.
New Orleans - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Orleans is a city in Louisiana, which is a state in the United States. It is a major port city, at the mouth of the Mississippi river. It is the biggest city in Louisiana.
New Orleans metropolitan area - Wikipedia
The New Orleans metropolitan area was first defined in 1950. Then known as the New Orleans standard metropolitan area (New Orleans SMA), it consisted of three parishes—Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard—and had a population of 685,405.
Culture of New Orleans - Wikipedia
The culture of New Orleans is unique among, and distinct from, that of other cities in the United States, including other Southern cities. New Orleans has been called the "northernmost Caribbean city" [1] and "perhaps the most hedonistic city in the United States". [2] Over the years, New Orleans has had a dominant influence on American and ...
New Orleans ‑ History, Louisiana Purchase & Hurricane Katrina
2010年4月5日 · New Orleans, situated on a bend of the Mississippi River 100 miles from its mouth, has been Louisiana’s most important city and the Gulf of Mexico’s busiest northern port since the early 1700s.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar: What we know about the New Orleans …
2025年1月1日 · In a series of videos, the man responsible for the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according ...
New Orleans – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
New Orleans is known for a host of attributes like its famous Creole food, abundant alcohol, music of many styles, nearby swamps and plantations, 18th- & 19th-century architecture, antiques, gay pride, streetcars, and museums. Nicknamed the Big Easy, New Orleans has long had a reputation as an adult-oriented city.
Downtown New Orleans - Wikipedia
In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver (roughly northeast) from Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods.