Nashville

Nashville it is the capital of the state of Tennessee, in . One bes situated in the center of the state, the edges of the river Cumberland. It has about 1.221 million inhabitants. It was established in , became capital state in .

Nicknamed "Music City, U.S.."("City of music ", is an important center of the discográfica industry. Called Tambémá Atenas of the South, because of its institutions of education and of classic.

An important daily periodical of Nashville is Tennessean. Another one is Nashville City Paper.

Nashville has a rivalry with the city of Branson (in Missouri), therefore this last one is one turistico destination of sum of music "country". It rivals equally with the second city of the Tennessee, Memphis.

Transports

The city is crossed by 3 interstates, 40, 24 and 65. Metropolitan Transit Authority it is responsible for the service of autocarros inside of the city. The city is served by Nashville International Airport.

Economy

Although Nashville is known as an important center of the discográfica industry, its bigger industries are in the reality the insurances and the finance.

History

Nashville was established in the day of the Christmas of 1779, having as name Fort Nashborough. The Francis Nash, a soldier of the War of Independence was nominated as well as homage. In 1784 it started to call itself, then, Nashville.

several

The city has a total area of 1362 squared quilómetros, of which 1300,8 sao in firm land e 61,8 in water. according to Censuses of 2000, inhabit in the city 569 891 inhabitants, 237 405 added and 138 169 families. The population density is of 438,1 inhabitants for quilómetro squared. 66,99% of the inhabitants they are white, 22.92% Afro-American, 0.29% American natives, 2.33% Asians, belonging the remains to other races (Latin, Hispanic...).