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noun - the capital and largest city in Iowa
DES MOINES - Des Moines ( (listen)) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part o...
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Survey Sampling, Inc. calls this Iowa capital the No. 1 city for market research |
An outpost called Fort Raccoon was wisely renamed & became this capital of Iowa |
In 1942 the first training base for the WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, opened in this capital |
Iowa's capitol building in this city has 5 domes & one of them is covered in 23-karat gold |
A Maverick preacher & a swashbuckling Civil War General founded Drake University in this capital of Iowa |
Its Register:"Branstad, Grassley Take Different Tacks on Tea Party" |
Listed alphabetically, this state capital comes between Denver & Dover |
The name of this capital of Iowa may come from a Native American word meaning "river of the mounds" |
Forget how it plays in Peoria; this Iowa capital is a player in test marketing |
Baton Rouge & this other state capital both have 2-word French names; neither is named for a person |
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Des Moines, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES |
Des Moines, IOWA, UNITED STATES |
Des Moines, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES |
Des Moines, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES |
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Des Moines ( (listen)) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 216,853 as of the 2018 population estimate. The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 89th in terms of population in the United States with 655,409 residents according to the 2018 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state. A portion of the larger Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area extends into three counties of southwest Iowa.Des Moines is a major center of the U.S. insurance industry, and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city was credited as the "number one spot for U.S. insurance companies" in a Business Wire article and named the third-largest "insurance capital" of the world. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, Ruan Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto, and DuPont Pioneer have large operations in or near the metropolitan area. In recent years, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and Facebook have built data-processing and logistical facilities in the Des Moines area. Forbes ranked Des Moines as the "Best Place for Business" in both 2010 and 2013. In 2014, NBC ranked Des Moines as the "Wealthiest City in America" according to its criteria.Des Moines is an important city in U.S. presidential politics; as the state's capital, it is the site of the first caucuses of the presidential primary cycle. Many presidential candidates set up campaign headquarters in Des Moines. A 2007 article in The New York Times said, "If you have any desire to witness presidential candidates in the most close-up and intimate of settings, there is arguably no better place to go than Des Moines." |