Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Ouachita Parish is a parish (population 147,250 as of the 2000 census) located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Monroe. Ouachita Parish is included in the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.The parish bears the same name as the Ouachita River, which flows through southern Arkansas and northeastern Louisiana. A documentary entitled The Gift of the Ouachita by filmmaker George C. Brian (1919-2007), head of the Division of Theater and Drama at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is a history of Monroe as the "gift of the Ouachita River."
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