The town of Boise (208 117 inhabitants, 544.201 with the agglomeration) is the capital of the State of the Idaho and the seat of the Comté of Ada, with the the United States. It is located at 740  km in the east of Portland cement, in the valley of the Snake To rivet, at an altitude of 830  Mr. Traversée by the river of the same name, it is bordered in north by the solid mass of the Sawtooth Mountain Range, in the south by the mounts of the Owyhee and in the west by the Plateau of Columbia and Blue Mountains.

Geography

To distinguish the city from the Comté from Timbers close, the charts, the governmental publications and the media use sometimes the expression Timber City to indicate it. The official name of the east city, nevertheless, simply Timber .

According to the Office of the census, the city has an total surface area of 165,7  km ².

Timber and its Agglomération undergoes a very strong growth since the Années 1990. The Community Planning Association off Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) evaluated the population of the city with: 208117 inhabitants in 2005, is 11  % more than at the time of the Census of 2000. In 2005, the city of Timbers estimated that its urban Aire was inhabited by: 544201 people, Boise itself has a population more important than the municipality of Salt Lake City.

Coordinates géographiques : (43.613739, -116.237651).

Economy

Timber is the seat of the following companies: Albertsons, Idaho Power, Micron Technology, Simplot, Washington Group International and WinCo Foods. Hewlett-Packard has a broad complex specialized in the scanners and the printers and is the principal employer of the area, only assisted per Micron.

The company Varney Airlines, founded by Walter Varney, was formed in Boise. It is at the origin of the current society United Airlines, which always serves the city.

Education

The Boise School District manages 34 elementary schools, 8 Collège S, 5 colleges and 2 specialty schools . The city accommodates the colleges: Timber High School, Borah High School, Capital High School, Timberline High School as well as Centennial High School and Mountain Cove High School. Timber has also a catholic Lycée, Bishop Kelly High School.

Concerning the Higher education Boise Timbers it State University as well as technical training schools proposes and Bible College Timbers it.

Culture

Timber accommodates the greatest community Basque of the the United States and the second of the world apart from the Basque Country in Spain and France. A known important Basque festival under the name of Jaialdi takes place once every five years (the next one will be held in 2010). The district of the " Block" Basque; represent the importance of this community. The current mayor, David H. Bieter, are besides of Basque origin.

The city is also a regional center for the Jazz and the Théâtre. The Gene Harris Jazz Festival takes place there each spring.

Timber proposes moreover several museums, whose Timbers it Art Museum, Idaho Historical Museum, the Basque Museum as well as Farming Center and Discovery Center off Idaho. Several theatrical troops are present in the city, of which Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise Little Theater and Contemporary Theater Timbers it, inter alia.

Activities

As a capital of the Idaho, Boise has a capitole where seat the legislature of the State. The original brick building was located between 6th, the 7th street and the streets of Jefferson and State. It was built in 1886, but four years later the accession of the Idaho to the statute of State involved the construction of a new building in 1905. It was completed in 1920 and cost a little more 2  million dollar S.

Many activities are proposed: the hiking on the hills located immediately at the north of the downtown area and on the paths of Timbers To rivet Greenbelt which traverse along the river. The Rivière of Timbers itself is a destination appreciated for fishing, the stroke and navigation.

The station of Bogus Basin, located at 26  km apart from the city, accommodates several activities of winter, of which the snowboarding and the ski.

The purpose of the World Center for Birds off Prey which is located just apart from the city is a key component of the repopulation of the Peregrine falcon and is to withdraw it Liste of the species in danger. The center is currently protecting the very rare Condor from California as well as other species.

The city is recognized by publications like Forbes, Fortune and Sunset for its good quality of life.

Media

The area of the Grand Timbers is been useful by two weekly magazines, two daily newspapers, five commercial television broadcast stations and a variety of other media.

Olympic Games

• the city nscrit with the candidature of the Winter Olympics 2022.

Transport

The principal highway joining Boise is Interstate 84 which joined Interstate 184 in the North-East. There is also a network of tracks of bicycle in the city and its surroundings.

Air transport is ensured by the Aéroport of Timbers, recently renovated to adapt to the growing number of passengers. The system of bus is managed by ValleyRide and Urban Stages Timbers it (BUS).

External bonds

• Ville of Timbers
• Tourisme
• Chamber of commerce
• Bogus Basin Mountain Resort
• photographic virtual Tour of Timbers
• Images of Timbers
• Capitole de Boise

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Simple: Timber, Idaho

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