Omaha [1] , or Omaha [2] , is the largest city in Nebraska , located on its eastern border, the county seat of Douglas County . Located on the banks of the Missouri River , about 30 kilometers north of the mouth of the Platte River . According to the US Census Bureau, in 2017, 466,893 people live in the city. The city with its suburbs is the 60th among the largest metropolitan areas of the United States with a population of 895,151 people living in eight districts. The name of the city comes from the Omaha Indian tribe, which from the 17th century lived in the northeast of modern Nebraska. In 2008, gave Omaha the third place on its list of the most attractive US cities for life [3] .
| City | |||
| Omaha | |||
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| Omaha | |||
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| A country |  USA | ||
| Status | District center | ||
| State | Nebraska | ||
| County | Douglas | ||
| The mayor | Gene Stotert ( P ) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | July 4, 1854 | ||
| City with | 1857 | ||
| Square | 338.20 km² | ||
| 332 m | |||
| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 466,893 people ( 2017 ) | ||
| Density | 1424.6 people / km² | ||
| Agglomeration | 837 925 | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +1 402 | ||
| Postal codes | 68022, 68101-68164 | ||
| cityofomaha.org | |||
History
In 1804, an expedition of Lewis and Clark explored the banks of the Missouri River and communicated with local tribes. At the meeting point of the expedition with the leaders of the Indians , Fort Atkinson was built in 1819 , and in 1822, the American Fur Company trading post appeared next to it. In 1846, near the modern Omaha, the Mormon Trail ran along which the Mormons moved west after their expulsion from Illinois . With the permission of the Omaha tribe, they wintered in Nebraska.
In the early 1850s, Omaha territory began to be settled by settlers from Keynesville (modern Council Bluffs ), Iowa . In 1854, Logan Fontenelle , the leader of the Omaha tribe, sold most of the land belonging to the tribe (about 16 thousand km² or four million acres ) to the US government at a price of 22 cents per acre. This allowed to create the territory of Nebraska on the purchased land. On July 4, 1854, the city of Omaha was founded (the status of the city was assigned in 1857), in 1855-1867 it was the former capital of Nebraska. In 1869, the First Transcontinental Railway was completed , linking Omaha with the city of Sacramento in California . The advent of the railway led to further rapid population growth and the development of the city. Omaha earned the nickname "Gateway to the West," due to its importance as the US transportation center in the mid- 19th century .
If until the middle of the 20th century, the basis of the Omaha economy was the railway, breweries, cattle-breeding farms and meat-cold plants, then the modern economy of the city is different and based on the knowledge economy. The city has the headquarters of five Fortune 500 companies :
- ,
- ,
- and
- Berkshire Hathaway ,
the chairman of the board of directors of which is the richest man in the world, Warren Buffett , nicknamed the “Omaha Oracle”.
In 2001, Newsweek magazine included Omaha on its list of the ten largest technology centers in the country [4] .
The city has the headquarters of three of the thirty largest architectural and engineering companies in the world:
- Leo A. Daly Co.,
- and
- [5] .
Tourism is an important sector of the Omaha economy: annually the city hosts the final tournament of the college baseball championship, and the local zoo Henry Durley is one of the most visited places in Nebraska [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary of modern place names. - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria. Edited by Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova. 2006
- ↑ Omaha / Shulgina D.P., Baranchikov E.V. // Oceanarium - Oyasio. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2014. - P. 169. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 24). - ISBN 978-5-85270-361-3 .
- ↑ Wojno, MA No. 3: Omaha, Neb. , Kiplinger's Personal Finance. July 2008
- ↑ Rogers, A. (2001) High Tech Havens , Newsweek.
- ↑ Gonchar, J. (2006) Top 150 Architecture Firms: Integrated firms dominate architecture practice ranking , Architectural Record.
- ↑ Desert Dome: Dean of the Dome Archived May 16, 2008. , NET: Nebraska's NPR and PBS stations.
Links
- Official website of the city (English)