Little Rock, Arkansas

Downtown Little Rock in 2009 as seen from the north shore of the Arkansas River.

Little Rock, Arkansas is a city of 205,312 people located on the south bank of the Arkansas River in the center of Arkansas (U.S. state), with a surrounding metropolitan area of three times as many people. It is the state capital and lies 137.2 miles due west of Memphis, Tennessee, or about a two-hour drive away.

See the Wikipedia article on Little Rock for more details.