Mobile

Also known as Mobile, Alabama, Mobile, AL, Mauvila

county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States

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Mobile is a city in Alabama that serves as the main governmental center for Mobile County. It matters as a significant urban and administrative hub in the state, though the provided information doesn't specify additional details about its broader importance or characteristics.

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Official name: Mobile
Population: 187041
Area: 465.634098
Elevation: 3
Official website: cityofmobile.org
Image: Mobile, Alabama skyline.jpg
Households: 78089
Dialing code: 251

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postal code: 36695
Commons category: Mobile, Alabama
inception: 1702-00-00
native label: Mauvilla
water as percent of area: 22.6238
P8168: Egvil
water area: 105.344035
per capita income: 27810
mean age: 37.3
P12749: Kim Bi-o

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Mobile (/moʊˈbiːl/ moh-BEEL, French: [mɔbil] ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census and estimated at 204,689 following an annexation in 2023, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama. The Mobile metropolitan area, with an estimated 412,000 people, is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the state.

Alabama's only deep-water port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonists and Native Americans, and now to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States. During the American Civil War, the city surrendered to Federal forces on April 12, 1865, after Union victories at two forts protecting the city.