Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Lee
- Mayor
- Eddie Smith
- City
- 62.16 sq mi (161.00 km )
- Land
- 61.15 sq mi (158.39 km )
- Water
- 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km )
- Elevation
- 807 ft (246 m)
- Density
- 506.8/sq mi (195.69/km )
- Urban
- 100,842
- Metro
- 174,271
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 36801-36804
- Fips code
- 01-57048
- Website
- www .opelika-al .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Opelika (pronounced /ˌoʊpəˈlaɪkə/ OH-pə-LY-kə) is a city in, and the county seat of, Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is 30,995, an increase of 17.1 percent from the 2010 Census where the population was 26,477. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 174,241, along with the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, comprises the Greater Columbus combined statistical area, a region home to 501,649 residents.
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