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New Orleans State: Louisiana Country: United States of America

New Orleans by the Numbers:

Population: 223,338 (city); 929,554 (metropolitan area) Average January Temperature: 51°F/ 11°C Average July Temperature: 82°F / 28°C Average Annual Precipitation: 61 in / 155 cm New Orleans had the first Opera house in America. The total length of canals in New Orleans supasses Venice, Italy

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Time Zone: GMT-6, CDT (Central Daylight Time) Electricity: 110 volts AC, 60Hz, standard two and three pin plugs Country Dialing Code: 1

Did You Know? New Orleans is called the Crescent city because the city proper is shaped like a crescent. The nickname "The Big Easy" comes from the city's history of jazz and was the name of a dance hall in the early 1900s.

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