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{{Image|Montgomery Alabama panorama.jpg|right|300px|Downtown Montgomery, Alabama in 2008}}
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'''Montgomery, Alabama''', a city of 200,603 people as of 2020, is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Alabama (U.S. state)|Alabama]] and is located along the [[Alabama River]].  It is the second most populous city in the state, after [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]; Montgomery's metropolitan area in 2020 included 386,047 people.  The city has a large military presence due to [[Maxwell Air Force Base]].
{{Image|Alabama WV regions map EN.png|right|350px|Alabama's major regions and cities.}}


In the middle of the 20th century, Montgomery was a major center of events and protests in the [[Civil Rights Movement]],<ref name=Beito /> including the [[Montgomery bus boycott]] and the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]].
'''Montgomery, Alabama''' is the [[Capital city|Capital]] of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Alabama (U.S. state)|Alabama]], and a major center in the [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the mid 20th century, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.  The city is located in south central Alabama along the [[Alabama River]].  


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As of 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area has 386,047.  Montgomery is comparable in size with [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] (~90 miles north and slightly west) and [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] (north end of the state).
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<ref name=Beito>[[David Beito|Beito, David]] (May 2, 2009) [http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig8/beito6.html Something is Rotten in Montgomery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619134759/http://archive.lewrockwell.com/orig8/beito6.html |date=June 19, 2015 }}, ''[[LewRockwell.com]]''</ref>


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The city has a large military presence due to [[Maxwell Air Force Base]].

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Montgomery, Alabama is the Capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and a major center in the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 20th century, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches. The city is located in south central Alabama along the Alabama River.

As of 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area has 386,047. Montgomery is comparable in size with Birmingham (~90 miles north and slightly west) and Huntsville (north end of the state).


The city has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.