Boise, Idaho

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Location of Boise in Ada County, Idaho
Coordinates: Coordinates: 43°36′49″N 116°12′12″W / 43.61361°N 116.20333°W / 43.61361; -116.20333
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Ada
Founded	1863
Incorporated	1864
Government
• Mayor	David H. Bieter
Area
• City	64 sq mi (170 km²)
• Land	63.8 sq mi (165 km²)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (1 km²)
Elevation	2,700 ft (823 m)
Population (2010)
• City	205,671
• Metro	616,561^[1]
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Website	http://www.cityofboise.org

Boise is the capital city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is also the county seat of Ada County.

The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is located in Boise. It i is the only human rights memorial in the US.

Origin of name

Although different people believe different stories about the origin of the name, it is generally accepted that the name Boise originates from the French word boisée which means wooded.^[2]

Boise skyline, at night

Notable People

Torrie Wilson: model
Wayne Walker: former football player and Sports commentator

References

↑ "Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area; Idaho (2010)". American Fact Finder. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_P1&prodType=table. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
↑ "The name "Boise"". Reference Series, no. 32. Idaho State Historical Society. 1971. https://web.archive.org/web/20090930214321/http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0032.pdf. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

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