Tahlequah
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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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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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1839 establishments in Indian TerritoryCherokee towns in OklahomaCities in Cherokee County, OklahomaCities in OklahomaCounty seats in OklahomaFormer colonial and territorial capitals in the United StatesMicropolitan statistical areas of OklahomaPopulated places in the United States established in 1839Seats of government of American Indian reservationsTahlequah, OklahomaUnited Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians