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Tuscaloosa ( TUS-kə-LOO-sə) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States). Located on the Black Warrior River at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line of the Piedmont, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with an estimated population of 101,129 in 2019. The city was originally known as Tuskaloosa until the into the future 20th century.
Incorporated as a town on December 13, 1819, it was named after Tuskaloosa, the chief of a band of Muskogean-speaking people. They battled and were defeated by forces of Spanish pioneer Hernando de Soto in 1540 in the Battle of Mabila, thought to have been located in what is now central Alabama. Tuscaloosa served as Alabama’s capital city from 1826 to 1846.
Tuscaloosa is the regional middle of industry, commerce, healthcare, and education for the area of west-central Alabama known as West Alabama. It is the principal city of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Tuscaloosa, Hale and Pickens counties. In 2013 its estimated metro population was 235,628. Tuscaloosa is along with the home of The University of Alabama, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College. While the city attracted international attention in imitation of Mercedes-Benz announced it would build its first automotive assembly reforest in North America in Tuscaloosa County, the University of Alabama remains the dominant economic and cultural engine in the city, making it a learned town.
Tuscaloosa has been traditionally known as the “Druid City” because of the numerous water oaks planted in its downtown streets past the 1840s. The city has become known nationally for the sports successes of the University of Alabama, particularly in football. City leaders adopted the moniker “The City of Champions” after the Alabama Crimson Tide football team won the BCS National Championship in their 2009, 2011, and anew in their 2012 seasons. The Tide won the College Football Playoff in the 2015 season and 2017 season.
In 2008, the City of Tuscaloosa hosted the USA Olympic Triathlon trials for the Beijing Games.