Acadiana

Acadiana is a region of , in the south and south west of the state. It is sometimes called "Cajun Country", noted for its distinctive culture. This is the birthplace of Cajun cuisine, Cajun music, and Zydeco music.
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is a city in . It's the unofficial capital of Acadiana or Cajun Country. This flourishing moderate sized city is home to the University of Louisiana at .

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is the second-largest city in the Acadiana region of , with 87,000 residents in 2022. It is well known for gaming and the great outdoors, culinary delights and rhythm and blues.

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is the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and is one of the former capitals of . is in the south Louisiana area known as "Acadiana", the center of Cajun culture in Louisiana.

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The are the parishes that line the Mississippi River in the eastern part of Acadiana, from the Mississippi state line to just outside the .

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is a part of "Acadiana," the name given to the region of southern that is the home of the Cajun people. Everything that made Cajun culture popular came from this region: food, music, literature, and of course, the unique variant of French spoken here.

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is the vibrant "Heel of the Boot" in the southwestern corner of . It is a land of contrasts: bountiful culture, amazing food, and colorful annual festivals that get bigger every year; but the Southwest also has a quickly vanishing coastline and equally quick vanishing wetlands environment.

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The is the name of the inland area between the marshes to the southwest around Lake Charles, the pine forests of central Louisiana, and the bayous and swamps to the southeast.

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is the southeastern most area of the Acadiana region of . It comprises those parishes and towns closest to southeastern Louisiana coast, and as such, many of the activities around here revolve around fishing, both in the wetlands and off the coast.

Acadiana

Latitude of center
30.126° or 30° 7′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
-92.0094° or 92° 0′ 34″ west
Population
1,880,000
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11874184
Wiki­data ID
Q337417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Acadiana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكاديانا”
  • Cajun French: “Acadiane”
  • Cajun French: “L’Acadiane”
  • Cajun French: “Pays Cadien”
  • Chinese: “阿卡迪那”
  • Dutch: “Acadiana”
  • Finnish: “Acadiana”
  • French: “Acadiana”
  • French: “Acadiane (Louisiane)”
  • French: “Acadiane”
  • French: “Acadie du Sud”
  • French: “Pays cadien”
  • French: “Pays Cadien”
  • German: “Acadiana”
  • German: “Cajun-Land”
  • German: “Cajunland”
  • Indonesian: “Acadiana”
  • Irish: “Acadiana”
  • Italian: “Acadiana”
  • Japanese: “アケイディアナ”
  • Kirghiz: “Акадиана”
  • Latin: “Acadiana”
  • Narom: “Acadiane”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Acadiana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Acadiana”
  • Persian: “آکادیانا”
  • Persian: “اکادیانا”
  • Polish: “Akadiana”
  • Portuguese: “Acadiana”
  • Russian: “Акадиана”
  • Spanish: “Acadiana”
  • Spanish: “Acadiane”
  • Spanish: “Pais de los Cajunes”
  • Spanish: “País de los Cajunes”
  • Swedish: “Acadiana”
  • Turkish: “Acadiana”
  • Turkish: “Akadyana’nın Kalbi”
  • Turkish: “Akadyana”
  • Turkish: “L’Acadiane”
  • Ukrainian: “Акадіана”
  • Urdu: “اکیڈیانا”
  • Venetian: “Acadiana”
  • Welsh: “Acadiana”

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