Boise (['boi·si] locally, or ['boi·zi] by non-locals, less commonly known as Boise City) is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Idaho. Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho as well as the county seat of Ada County. Boise serves as the principal city of the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon, and thus serves as the primary government, economic, cultural, and transportation center for the area.
As of the 2007 Census Bureau estimates, Boise's population was 202,832 with a metropolitan area estimated to have 587,689 inhabitants, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho and the third largest in the U.S.Pacific Northwest.View More City Information >>
