Des Moines

Des Moines is a capital in the most popular cities in the US state of of Iowa. it's Was Incorporated on September 22,1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. lt is on and named after the Des Moines River which was likely a adapted from early French riviére des Moines, meaning "the river of the monks ". the cities population was to 216,853 as of the 2018 population estimate. the five-county metropolitan area is ranked 89th in terms of population in the United States with 655,409 resident according to the 2018 estimate by the United States census bureau and is the largest metropolitan area full located within the state. A portion of the larger Omaha, Nedraska, metropolitan area extensds in three countries of the Southwest Iowa.