Oklahoma City Travel Guide
Oklahoma City is the most populous city, and the capital, of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is also the county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City was founded during the Land Run of 1889, first of five land runs in what became Oklahoma. It is the only U.S. State Capital that shares its name with its state.
According to the 2006 Census estimate, it is the 30th largest city in the country. The city's estimated population as of 2006 was 537,734, with a 2006 estimated population of 1,172,339 in the metropolitan area. In 2006 the Oklahoma City -Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,240,977 residents.
Oklahoma City was the site of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995, the largest act of terrorism on American soil prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks and the most destructive act of domestic terrorism in American history.
