Wow how much is it- inside of the dome -Des Moines capital building
The beauty, dignity, and arrangement of the interior become apparent as a visitor stands under the dome of the first floor. Broad, lofty corridors extend west, north, and south. Walls are highly decorated and the rooms and chambers of the capitol have a wide variety of Iowa wood as well as imported marble. Twenty-nine types of imported and domestic marble were used in the interior; and the wood used—walnut, cherry, catalpa, butternut, and oak—was nearly all from Iowa forests. And all kinds of gold leaf
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Des Moines in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
State capital and city
City of Des Moines
Clockwise from top: skyline, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, the Kruidenier Trail bridge, the Iowa State Capitol, and 801 Grand (Principal Financial Group)
Clockwise from top: skyline, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, the Kruidenier Trail bridge, the Iowa State Capitol, and 801 Grand (Principal Financial Group)
Flag of Des Moines, Iowa
Flag Official logo of Des Moines, Iowa
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Nickname(s): Hartford of the West[1][2]
Location of Des Moines, Iowa in Polk County.
Location of Des Moines, Iowa in Polk County.
Des Moines, Iowa is located in IowaDes Moines, IowaDes Moines, Iowa
Location in Iowa, United States & North America
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Coordinates: 41°35′27″N 93°37′15″W
Country United States
State Iowa
Counties Polk, Warren
Founded 1843
Incorporated September 22, 1851
Government
• Type Council–manager government[3]
• Mayor Frank Cownie (D)
• Senate
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• U.S. Congress David Young (R)
Area[4]
• State capital and city 90.65 sq mi (213.93 km2)
• Land 88.92 sq mi (233.3 km2)
• Water 1.73 sq mi (4.48 km2)
Elevation 955 ft (291 m)
Population (2010)[5]
• State capital and city 203,433
• Estimate (2017)[6] 216,553
• Rank 1st in Iowa
102nd in US
• Density 2,533/sq mi (978.0/km2)
• Urban 450,070 (86th)
• Metro 645,911 (88th)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 50301-50340-50310
Area code 515
FIPS code 19-21000
GNIS feature ID 0465961
Website dmgov.org
Des Moines (/dɪˈmɔɪn/ (About this sound listen)) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County.[7] It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to Des Moines in 1857.[8] It is on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the French colonial name, Rivière des Moines, meaning River of the Monks. The city's population was 216,553 as of the 2017 population estimate.[9] The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 89th in terms of population in the United States with 634,725 residents according to the 2016 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.[10]
Des Moines is a major center of the U.S. insurance industry, and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city was credited as the number one spot for U.S. insurance companies in a Business Wire article and named the third-largest insurance capital of the world. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, Ruan Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto, and DuPont Pioneer have large operations in or near the metropolitan area. In recent years, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and Facebook[11][12] have built data-processing and logistical facilities in the Des Moines area. Forbes ranked Des Moines as the Best Place for Business in both 2010 and 2013.[13] In 2014, NBC ranked Des Moines as the Wealthiest City in America according to its criteria.[14]
Des Moines is an important city in U.S. presidential politics; as the state's capital, it is the site of the first caucuses of the presidential primary cycle. Many presidential candidates set up campaign headquarters in Des Moines. A 2007 article in The New York Times said, If you have any desire to witness presidential candidates in the most close-up and intimate of settings, there is arguably no better place to go than Des Moines.[15]travel,
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