New Orleans Borch Borch | 9783866093829

Our soft-laminated map of New Orleans in the 9th edition includes: New Orleans Downtown / French Quarter 1:11 000, New Orleans 1:30 000, New Orleans & Region 1:300 000, Louisiana Southeast 1:1 000 000, USA administrative & time zones, interesting statistics, conversion chart for temperatures, weights and measures, climate chart with temperatures, sunshine hours, precipitation and humidity and much more. The port city of New Orleans is one of the oldest in the USA and is considered "the most unique city in America", most likely due to its unique cultural mixture of French, Caribbean, African and American influences. Greater New Orleans is the largest urban area within the state of Louisiana, even though the city's population has decreased by about 40% since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The unhurried lifestyle of its inhabitants is reflected in one of its many nicknames "the Big Easy", also the name of a popular film which was set in New Orleans. The fact that this is the birthplace of jazz underlines New Orleans’ temperament and ease . New Orleans attracts tourists the year round, not only for its music but also because it offers the visitor charming architecture, tasty and diverse culinary specialities and festivals and celebrations of which the New Orleans Mardi Gras is just one of many.