ABOUT SHREVEPORT
Shreveport and its sister city, Bossier City
on the Red River offer hospitality with southern style. The southern style is apparent in the
many attractions, festivals, art galleries, museums and food. Shreveport-Bossier serves as
the trade and cultural center of the 200 mile radius extending into Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas,
known as the Ark-La-Tex. With a population of 200,000, Shreveport is the hub of northwest Louisiana.
Manufactures include communications and electrical
equipment, fabricated metal, refined petroleum, oil-field machinery, chemicals, and motor vehicles.
Barksdale Air Force Base, located in Bossier City is important to the city's economy, as are the health
care industry and casino gambling.
Institutions of higher education include Centenary
College of LA, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
and Southern University at Shreveport.
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