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Baton Rouge ( / ˌ b æ t ən ˈ r uː ʒ / ; French for "Red Stick", French : Bâton-Rouge [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ] ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. The seat of East Baton Rouge Parish , the city is located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River .
As the "Capital City", Baton Rouge is the political hub for Louisiana, and is the second-largest metropolitan city in the state, with an estimated population of 228,895 as of 2014. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge , had a population of 820,159 people as of 2013. The urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants.
Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, research, motion picture, and growing technology center of the American South . The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the tenth largest in the United States in terms of tonnage shipped, and is the farthest upstream Mississippi River port capable of handling Panamax ships.