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| Little Rock, Arkansas | |||
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Location in Pulaski County, Arkansas | |||
| Coordinates: 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611, -92.33111 | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | Arkansas | ||
| County | Pulaski | ||
| Founded | 1821 | ||
| Incorporated | 1831 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Mark Stodola | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 116.81 sq mi (302.55 km²) | ||
| - Land | 116.20 sq mi (300.97 km²) | ||
| - Water | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km²) | ||
| - Urban | 261.31 sq mi (676.78 km²) | ||
| - Metro | 4,090.34 sq mi (10,593.94 km²) | ||
| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 204,370 | ||
| - Density | 1,575.97/sq mi (608.49/km²) | ||
| - Metro | 652,834 | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| Area code(s) | 501 | ||
| FIPS code | 05-41000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0083350 | ||
| Website: http://www.littlerock.org | |||
Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the State of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County and had a city population of 204,370 in the 2006 census estimates. It and North Little Rock, Arkansas are co-principal cities of the six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with a population of 652,834 people, according to 2006 census estimates. The MSA is in turn included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 829,032 in the 2006 census estimates.
Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called La Petite Roche (the "little rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.