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is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 13,022 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Okmulgee County. The town has been the capital of the Creek Nation since the United States Civil War. Okmulgee means
in the Creek language. The site was chosen because the Creeks believed that tornadoes would not strike there.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33.2 km²), all of it land.