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The town of Columbus is the capital of the State of the Ohio, with the the United States, the junction of the rivers Scioto and Olentangy. It is the most important city of Ohio with a population of: 730657 inhabitants (according to the estimates of 2005). It is estimated that its agglomeration comprises: 1708625 inhabitants, which places it behind Cleveland and Cincinnati, both plus big cities of the State.

The Université of the State of Ohio, whose principal campus is located at Columbus, is the first campus of the United States by the number of students (with 52.568).

The city has a surface of 550,5  km ² (of which 5,9  km ² of water).

History

In 1812, the authorities of Éat, in the search of a site located well likely to become the capital of Ohio, choose a point on the Scioto river. The birth of Columbus does not involve a conflict with the Amerindians Wyandotte and Shawnee installed in the area, and the city develops quickly. It is transformed into an important center of transport after the construction of a channel to the Érié channel in 1831 and with the creation of a trunk road in 1833. Columbus legally becomes a city in 1834 and is equipped with its first way of railroad in 1850. The city plays an important military part during the American Civil War, after the establishment of an arsenal and larger prison camp of war of the north of the country. Columbus knows an economic phase of strong growth after 1940.

Activities

Columbus is an industrial, commercial and administrative center diversified. Various industries of the city produce in particular automobile parts, planes, electronic material and of communication as well as agroalimentary products. As Columbus is the capital of the State of the Ohio, there are many administrations in the city.

Express train, Victoria's Secret, and Bath & Body Works, among others. Worthington Steel is primarily located one the north side off the subway area in the Worthington suburb. Two fast food chains cuts to their homebase in the Columbus subway area ace well, Wendy' S and White Castle, with Wendy' S still operating to their first blind downtown ace both has museum and has working restaurant. Cardinal Health has its headquarters in the northwest suburb off Dublin. Huntington Bancshares also has its headquarters in the downtown area. Borden Chemical (formerly share off the Borden, Inc. corporation prior to its acquisition and subsequent Divestiture) is located downtown ace well. The Ross Products Division off Abbott Laboratories, makers off Ensure nutritional drink and infant Similac formulated, is also headquartered in Columbus, with over 7,000 employees.

In addition to thesis companies, many companies cuts has major presence in the Columbus area. Honda has its North American car seedling in Marysville to the northwest off Columbus and produces all off the Honda Agreements, Civics, motorcycles and many off Acura' S models for the North American market. Bank One, which used to Be headquartered in Columbus prior to the merger with First Chicago-NBD, still has major presence in Columbus. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which announced has merger with Bank One in 2004, has broad mortgage servicing links in the city. CompuServe still has its roots in Columbus, although it has been owned by AOL since 1998. Budweiser has off major brewery located one the north side the city. McGraw-Hill Inc. has broad offices within Columbus ace well. UPS has off broad distribution center one the west side the city. -->Columbus also shelters the seat of the Chemical Abstracts Service, which does of it one of the greatest world centers of distribution of scientific information.

Peter Eisenman, who also designed the renowned Wexner Center, also located in Columbus At the campus off The Ohio State University. Completed in 1993, the convention center spanned nearly 600,000 public garden feet (56,000 m ²) At the time, and has recently been expanded. -->

Columbus has an airport ( Port Columbus International Airport , code AITA: CMH).

Culture

Monuments

The city shelters many buildings worthy of interest, such as Capitole (1861), Wexner Center of the architect Peter Eisenmann (Wexner center of visual arts, 1989), the German Village, a restored residential district, the Historical center of Ohio, which contains a museum devoted to the American history précolombienne, the confederated cemetery of Camp Drives out and the park of the Pinks, one of the largest roseries of the world. Among the establishments of higher education of Columbus, one counts in particular the university of the state of Ohio (1870), the university Franklin (1902), the university Capitale (1830).

Religion

  • Diocese of Columbus
  • Cathedral Saint-Joseph de Columbus

Sports

Twinnings

Births

Death

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