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Tahlequah
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city in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Cherokee
- Cherokee nation
- founded 1838; second capital city
- Mayor
- Suzanne Myers
- Total
- 12.87 sq mi (33.33 km )
- Land
- 12.76 sq mi (33.06 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km )
- Elevation
- 814 ft (248 m)
- Density
- 1,269.7/sq mi (490.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 74464-74465
- Area codes
- 539/918
- Fips code
- 40-72100
- Website
- www .cityoftahlequah .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tahlequah (/ˈtæləkwɑː/ TAL-ə-kwah; Cherokee: ᏓᎵᏆ, daligwa [dàlígʷá]) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as part of the new settlement in Indian Territory after the Cherokee Native Americans were forced west from the American Southeast on the Trail of Tears.
As of the 2020 census, Tahlequah had a population of 16,209.
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