Des Moines

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Des Moines (in lingua francese "Dei Monaci") è la capitale dello Stato dell'Iowa. Entò a far parte degli Stati Uniti il 22 settembre 1851 col nome di Fort Des Moines, fino a che fu abbreviato in "Des Moines" nel 1857[1]. Des Moines è anche capoluogo della contea di Polk. In base al censimento del 2000 la popolazione della città era di 198.682 abitanti.

Demografia

Al censimento del 2000, la popolazione ammontava a 198.682 persone, la cui origine etnica era così suddivisa: 82,29% bianchi, 8,07% neri, 0,35% nativi americani, 3,50% asiatici, 0,05% isolani dell'Oceano Pacifico, 3,52% di altra origine, 2,23% multirazziali, 6,61% ispanici.

College e università

• AIB College of Business
• Des Moines University
• Des Moines Area Community College
• Drake University
• Grand View College
• Hamilton College - a Urbandale
• Mercy College of Health Sciences
• Simpson College - a Ankeny e West Des Moines
• Upper Iowa University
• William Penn University

Luoghi da visitare

• Iowa State Fair and Grounds
• Downtown Attractions
  • Iowa State Capitol, featuring a genuine gold-covered dome
  • The Iowa Events Center
  • East Village Shopping Area
  • Science Center of Iowa and IMAX theatre Court Ave
  • Des Moines Botanical Center
  • Downtown Farmer's Market
  • Principal Riverwalk
  • Des Moines Art Festival
  • Des Moines Civic Center
  • Hoyt Sherman Place
  • Sherman Hill Neighborhood, historic district just north of downtown
• Des Moines Art Center, designed by I.M. Pei and other international architects
• The Blank Park Zoo
• Arie den Boer Arboretum
• Lilac Arboretum and Children's Forest
• Merle Hay Mall, one of Iowa's oldest and largest shopping malls
• Terrace Hill, home of the governor of Iowa
• Jordan Creek Town Center, central Iowa's newest and largest mall
• Adventureland, a regional theme park
• Prairie Meadows, a casino and thoroughbred raceway in Altoona
• Valley West Mall
• Southridge Mall
• Recreational Trail System
• Grays Lake Park
• Saylorville Lake

Città gemellate

•   Kofu (Giappone)
•   Naucalpan (Messico)
•   Saint-Etienne (Francia)
•   Shijiazhuang (Cina)
•   Stavropol (Russia)

Bibliografia

• City of Des Moines Action Center Historical Guide
• Henning, Barbara Beving Long, and Patrice K. Beam, Des Moines and Polk County: Flag on the Prairie (ISBN 1892724340). Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press, 2003.

Collegamenti esterni

• Blank Park Zoo
• City of Des Moines
• Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
• Des Moines Art Center
• Des Moines Art Festival
• Des Moines Metro Opera
• Des Moines Public Library
• Des Moines Public Schools
• Des Moines Symphony
• Downtown Community Alliance
• Greater Des Moines Partnership
• Historic Des Moines Drake University photo collection
• The World Food Prize
• Iowa State Fair
• Living History Farms
• Salisbury House
• Science Center of Iowa
• The Des Moines Big Band
• absoluteDSM.com - Info on the city's construction and development projects
• desmoinesalive.com - Info and reviews on Restaurants, Bars, Clubs, etc