Memphis Quick Facts

Nicknames:: The River City, The Bluff City
Named After:: The ancient capital of Egypt, located on the Nile River
Location:: The Mid-South – southwest corner of Tennessee, along the bluffs of the Mississippi River
Population:: 674,000 as of 2007 and growing
Climate:: Subtropic climate with four distinct seasons. Average high/low temperatures – July: 92^o/72^oF (33^o/23^oC); January: 49^o/31^oF (9^o/-1^oC). Snows sporadically in the winter
Select “Claims to Fame”:: Barbeque, birthplace of blues, gospel, rock-and-roll
Sports Teams:: Memphis Grizzlies (National Basketball Association)
Mississippi RiverKings (Professional hockey team of the Central Hockey League)
University of Memphis Tigers (College basketball)
Memphis Redbirds (Triple-A baseball farm team)
Select Cultural Events:: Memphis in May, includes the Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbeque Cooking Contest (the largest pork barbeque cooking contest in the world)
Carnival Memphis, an annual series of parties and festivals in the month of June
Cooper Young Festival, an arts festival held annually in September
Select Attractions:: Beale Street Historic District, National Civil Rights Museum, Brooks Museum of Art, Graceland, Stax Museum of American Soul, Sun Records, Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, FedEx Forum, Memphis Zoo, Memphis Queen Riverboat cruises and much more

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For more information about Memphis,visit the Memphis Convention & Visitor’s Bureau website.