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Memphis(Arabic: مَنْف, romanized: Manf, pronounced[mænf]; Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Greek: Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nomeof Lower Egyptthat was known as mḥw("North").[3] Its ruins are located in the vicinity of the present-day village of Mit Rahina(Arabic: ميت رهينة), in ...
Geography of Memphis, Tennessee. The City of Memphis is located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the regional hub for a tri-state area of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee . Shelby County is located over four natural aquifers, one of which is recognized as the "Memphis ...
FIPS code. 47-48000[6] Website. City of Memphis. Memphisis a city in the U.S. stateof Tennessee. It is the seatof Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census,[7]Memphis is the second-most populous cityin Tennessee after Nashville.
Boundary increase. July 29, 1993. Designated NHLD. May 23, 1966 [ 3] Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.
The Chickasaw Bluff is the high ground rising about 50 to 200 feet (20–60 m) above the Mississippi River flood plain between Fulton in Lauderdale County, Tennessee and Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee. [1] [2] This elevation, shaped as four bluffs, is named for the Chickasaw people. Known in the 19th century as one of the Five Civilized ...
The Memphis metropolitan area is part of the Mid-South of the United States. It is culturally more associated with the Deep South and the Mississippi Delta than it is the Upland South, which is the case with Tennessee 's other large cities. Memphis, Tennessee, is the largest city in the Deep South, the third-largest in the Southeastern United ...
Uptown Memphis is a neighborhood located near downtown Memphis, Tennessee.In 1999, the Uptown Partnership renamed the historic North Memphis Greenlaw neighborhood "Uptown" in concert with a public-private revitalization effort that defined Uptown as one hundred city blocks east of the Wolf River and North of A.W. Willis Avenue.
The Cooper Young Festival, hosted by the Cooper Young Business Association (CYBA), is a popular outdoor celebration in Memphis, Tennessee. It is one of Memphis' most highly attended festivals in Tennessee bringing in over 130,000 attendees and is continuing to grow. The festival is the largest single day event in the city where people pack into ...