Oklahoma City Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the major city and the capital city of the Oklahoma State in the United States. It is the county seat of the Oklahoma County, and it ranks as the twenty-seventh city by population among the 50 U.S. states. The population of the city increased after the 2010 U.S. Census, with the population expected to have improved to 610,613 in July 2013. During 2013, the population of the Oklahoma City area was 1,319,677. The population of the City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area of Oklahoma was 1,390,835, making the area the biggest metropolitan area of the Oklahoma State. The limits of the Oklahoma City extend into Cleveland, Canadian, and Pottawatomie counties, although much of those regions outside of the center of the Oklahoma County region are rural or suburban. The City of Oklahoma ranks as the eighth biggest city in the country by land area.

The Oklahoma City lies in the I-35 Corridor as one among the main travel corridors into the nearby Mexico and Texas. The city is situated in the Frontier Country area of the Oklahoma State, and its northeastern part lies in an ecological area called the Cross Timbers

History

The Oklahoma City was founded at the time of the 1889 Land Run, the primary land rush into the unallocated Lands and had an increase in its population of more than 10,000 within hours of its establishment. The city was the panorama of the 19th April 1995 bombing of the federal government complex of the United States, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Due to this, 168 people expired. It was the deadliest horror assault in the United States history, pending the assaults of the 11th of September 2001, and lingers the deadliest act of home terrorism in the history of the United States.

Climate

The Oklahoma City has a moist subtropical type of weather, with recurrent variations in climate seasonally and daily, except during the constant hot and damp summer months. The city has extremely active harsh climatic conditions from March throughout June, particularly during the months of April and May. Extended and harsh droughts, occasionally, leading to fires in the forests in the surrounding area, in addition to extremely heavy precipitation showing the way to flash flooding and flooding will take place with some promptness. Constant winds, more often than not from the south-southeast or south during the summer season, assist temper the warmer weather conditions. Constant northerly winds during the winter season can make the cold periods stronger. Severe snowstorms and ice storms take place at irregular intervals during the winter season.

Economy

The Oklahoma City features one among the biggest cattle markets in the world. Natural gas, oil, petroleum products and associated industries are the major sector of the economy of the city. The city is located in the midst of an energetic oil field and oil derricks, mark the capitol grounds. The federal government uses huge numbers of employees at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center of the Department of Transportation of the United States and the Tinker Air Force Base. These two places accommodate numerous offices of the Enterprise Service Center of the Transportation Department and the Federal Aviation Administration.