Bhopal, city, capital of Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Situated in the fertile plain of the Malwa Plateau, the city lies just north of the Vindhya Range, along the slopes of a sandstone ridge. It is a major rail junction and has an airport. Pop. (2001) 1,437,354; (2011) 1,798,218. Bhopal was
In 1933, shortly after Franklin D. Roosevelt became U.S. president, both the Interior Department and the NPS were reorganized. As part of the restructuring, many national monuments and historic sites that had been administered by other government agencies were transferred to NPS control, thus further consolidating the country’s scenic and historic places under a central authority. Also during the decade, new types of park units were introduced, including two national parkways (Blue Ridge in 1933 and Natchez Trace in 1934), a national seashore (Cape Hatteras in 1937), and a national recreation area (Boulder Dam [now Lake Mead] in 1936). The
Blue Ridge Parkway, scenic motor route, extending 469 miles (755 km) primarily through the Blue Ridge segment of the Appalachian Mountains in the western portions of Virginia and North Carolina, U.S. It links Shenandoah National Park (northeast) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park (southwest) and passes through George Washington and Jefferson (Virginia) and Pisgah and Nantahala (North Carolina) national forests. The parkway, established in 1936, encompasses a total area of 149 square miles (386 square km) and is administered by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). Headquarters are in Asheville, North Carolina, near the parkway’s southern terminus.
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