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Nashville is the capital of the U.S.
state of Tennessee and the county
seat of Davidson County. It is
located on the Cumberland River in
Davidson County, in the
north-central part of the state. The
city is a center for the health
care, music, publishing, banking and
transportation industries, and is
home to a large number of colleges
and universities.
Nashville has a consolidated
city-county government which
includes seven smaller
municipalities in a two-tier system.
The population of Nashville-Davidson
County stood at 626,144 as of 2008,
according to United States Census
Bureau estimates. This makes it the
second most populous city in the
state after Memphis. However, the
2009 population of the entire
13-county Nashville Metropolitan
Statistical Area was 1,582,264,
making it the largest metropolitan
area in the state. The 2009
population of the
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia
combined statistical area was
estimated at 1,666,566.
Nashville has a vibrant music and
entertainment scene spanning a
variety of genres. The Tennessee
Performing Arts Center is the major
performing arts center of the city.
It is the home of the Tennessee
Repertory Theatre, the Nashville
Opera, and Nashville Ballet. In
September 2006, the Schermerhorn
Symphony Center opened as the home
of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
As the
city's name itself is a metonym for
the country music industry, many
popular tourist sites involve
country music, including the Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum,
Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman
Auditorium. Ryman was home to the
Grand Ole Opry until 1974 when the
show moved to the Grand Ole Opry
House nine miles (14 km) east of
downtown. The Opry plays there
several times a week, except for an
annual winter run at the Ryman.
Numerous music clubs and honky tonk
bars can be found in downtown
Nashville, especially the area
encompassing Lower Broadway, Second
Avenue, and Printer's Alley, which
is often referred to as "the
District". Each year, the CMA Music
Festival (formerly known as Fan
Fair) brings thousands of country
fans to the city.
Nashville was once home of
television shows such as Hee Haw and
Pop! Goes the Country, and to the
Opryland USA theme park, which
operated from 1972 to 1997 before
being closed by its owners Gaylord
Entertainment, and soon after
demolished to make room for the Opry
Mills mega-shopping mall.
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