... city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans Metropolitan
Area, the largest metro area in the state.
New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi
River. It is coextensive with Orleans Parish, meaning that the boundaries of the
city and the parish are the same.[2] It is bounded by the parishes of St.
Tammany (north), St. Bernard (east), Plaquemines (south) and Jefferson (south
and west). Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits,
lies to the north and Lake Borgne lies to the east
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