Indianapolis, Indiana
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Indianapolis, Indiana, colloquially known as Indy, is located centrally in the rectangular-shaped U.S. state of Indiana and is its [[capital city|capital].
In 2020, the population of the city was 887,642 and its metropolitan statistical area had 2,111,040 residents.
Indigenous peoples inhabited the area dating to as early as 10,000 BC.[1] In 1818, the Lenape relinquished their tribal lands in the Treaty of St. Mary's.[2] In 1821, Indianapolis was founded as a planned city for the new seat of Indiana's state government, situated next to the White River.
- ↑ Early Peoples of Indiana. Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (2016).
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