Main city: Shreveport
Timezone: Central
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Bellsouth Telecomm Inc DBA South Central Bell Tel

Shreveport, the third largest city in the state of Louisiana and the 109th-largest city in the United States. It is the seat of Caddo Parish and extends along the Red River (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring Bossier Parish. Bossier City is separated from Shreveport by the Red River. The population of Shreveport was 199,311 at the 2010 census, and the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area population exceeds 441,000. The Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks 112th in the United States, according to the United States Census Bureau. ^source

Area code 318 is a telephone area code that covers northern and central Louisiana. In 1957, Louisiana's only area code, 504, was split, creating area code 318. ^source