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:For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation).Nashville is the capital city of Tennessee, a state of the United States of America. Nashville is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County. Nicknamed "Music City, U.S.A.," it is the home of the Grand Ole Opry and a major recording center. It has also been called the Athens of the South, for its educational institutions and classical architecture. The mayor is Bill Purcell.
The primary news source in Nashville is the Tennessean, a daily newspaper. Another daily paper, the Nashville Banner ceased publication in the 1990s, but a new daily, the Nashville City Paper has since been started.
Nashville has a rivalry of sorts with the town of Branson, Missouri, the reason being Branson's status as a competing country-music themed tourist destination; it is also a friendly rival of Tennessee's second city, Memphis.
1 Transportation
Nashville is centrally located at the crossroads of three interstates— 40Interstate 40 is a major west-east interstate highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at North Carolina State Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Much of the western por, 24Interstate 24 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. It runs (diagonally) from Pulleys Mill, Illinois (near Paducah, Kentucky) at Interstate 57 to Chattanooga, Tennessee at Interstate 75. Length Major Cities Along the Route Paducah, Kentuc, and 65Interstate 65 is an interstate highway in the United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama; its northern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 90 in Gary, Indiana, southeast of Chicago. Length M. The Metropolitan Transit Authority provides bus transit within the city.
The city is served by Nashville International AirportNashville International Airport is an airport in Nashville, Tennessee. Its IATA Airport Code is BNA which is descended from one of the city's early aviation facilities- B erry Field, NA shville. BNA was an American Airlines hub in the late 1980s and early, which was a hub for American AirlinesAmerican Airlines AA is the major airline in the United States. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Latin America, Western Europe, and Japan. Since 1982, AA has been between 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa and 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja and is now a hub of sorts for Southwest Airlines.
Nashville has not had passenger rail service since the 1970s, but CSX Transportation has a large freight rail yard in the southern part of the city. A plan to provide commuter rail service from the nearby town of Lebanon, Tennessee has been agreed upon by several governmental authorities but not yet implemented.
