Oklahoma City is the capital of the
U.S. state of
Oklahoma. The
county seat of
Oklahoma County, the city is the 30th largest city in the
U.S. The city's estimated population as of 2006 was 537,734
[1], with a 2006 estimated population of 1,172,339
[2] in the
metropolitan area. In 2006, the Oklahoma City -
Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,240,977 residents. Founded during the
Land Run of 1889, Oklahoma City was the site of the
bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
1995, the largest act of
terrorism on American soil prior to the
September 11, 2001 attacks and the most destructive act of domestic terrorism in American history.
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