Brian Alouda Itava

MADISON CITY The inception of Madison City can be traced back to 8129, a time when James Duane Doty, a former federal judge, bought more than 1000 acres of land located between lakes Mendota and Monona. He bought the land purposely to build a city on it. Madison which also goes by a nickname Mad City, is the county seat of Dane County and happens to be the capital of Wisconsin State. Madison according to the United States Census Bureau, covers a total area of 94.03 square miles with 76.79 square miles being water surface. According to estimates in 2013 the City of Madison has a population of 243,344 people. Madison City is part of the Madison Metropolitan Area which has a general population of 233,209 people according to the 2010 census. Some of the cities found within this metro includes: Janesville, Dodgeville, Sun Prairie, and Monroe to mention but a few. Madison Metropolitan area is the 87th largest metro area in the United States ‘while Madison City is the 83th largest city in the United States. Locate the south-central of Wisconsin State, Madison is in the heart of Dane County a distance of 77 miles on the west of Milwaukee City and northwest side of Chicago. This city surrounds other minor cities including town of Madison, City of Monona and Maple Bluff villages together with the Shorewood Hills. Madison and the greater State of Wisconsin is known for its humid continental climate which has varying weather conditions throughout the year with varying temperature as well., during the winter, it is very cold and freezing to be in Madison, during this time the deck is usually covered with snow in different places. Contrary to winter seasons, it is very hot in Madison during summer and spending time swimming and dressing lightly will be a good idea if you happen to be in this city. Despite the fact that summers takes up the most part of the year in relation to rainfall, winter also has its portion in between the year. Moving on to matters education, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is located in Madison city, nearly 50, 000 students graduating from High School have the best of opportunity to study at the home university, as a matter of fact 41, 000 of the total number enroll to the university whereby 30,750 of the 41,000 are undergraduate students. Nearly 1.6 million people in Madison get access to airport services through the Dane County Regional Airport which is the only airport in the city. Besides education and the presence of an airport in the city, there are different clubs in Madison that play professional sports and these includes: Madison Mustangs which plays the American Football in IFL league, Madison Mallards which plays Baseball in the NL league, Madison 56ers soccer team in the NPSL league, Madison Minotaurs which plays rugby in the WRFU league, Madison Blues which plays Hockey in the GLHL league, Madison Radicals which plays Ultimate in the AUDL league, Madison Capitols which plays Hockey in the USHL league and Mad Rollin’ Doll who play Roller Derby in the WFTDA. Madison is a city worth spending a holiday or even a honeymoon if you will. The city is home to many fascinating events like the famous Brat Fest which has observed for than 30 years since it first began. Also, interestingly in case you didn’t know, Madison has been ranked number eight by Prevention Magazine, among the healthiest and happiest cities in the United States. And number five best place to live by livability.com. These are just a few of the numerous facts about the city of Madison.