Mobile
(pronunciation) is the third most populous city in the
U.S. state of
Alabama and is the
county seat of
Mobile County. The population within the city limits was 198,915 as of the
2000 census. Located at the head of
Mobile Bay on the
Gulf of Mexico, the city began as the first capital of colonial
French Louisiana in
1702, making it the oldest settlement in what is now Alabama. The city's name is derived from the presence of the
Native American Maubila tribe living in the area at the time of founding. Over the past 300 years, Mobile has officially flown six flags, including
France,
Britain,
Spain, the Republic of Alabama (
1861), the
Confederacy, and the
United States.
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