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| − | '''Des Moines''', [[French]] for "of the monks", is the capital city of [[Iowa]]. | + | '''Des Moines''', [[French]] for "of the monks", is the capital city of [[Iowa]]. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 200,538.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US1921000&_geoContext=01000US|04000US31|16000US3128000&_street=&_county=des+moines&_cityTown=des+moines&_state=04000US19&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= U.S. Census Bureau]</ref> As of August 2007, [[same sex marriage]] is legal within the city.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/30/iowa.samesexmarriage/index.html Iowa court rules same sex couples can marry]</ref> |
Revision as of 21:40, May 13, 2011
Des Moines, French for "of the monks", is the capital city of Iowa. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 200,538.[1] As of August 2007, same sex marriage is legal within the city.[2]
The Life and TImes of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson's memoir of growing up in Des Moines, was a 2006 bestseller.