Omaha, city in eastern Nebraska and seat of Douglas County. The city is situated amid farmland on the western bank of the Missouri River. Omaha is the center of a five-county metropolitan region that includes Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The city is a commercial, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation center at the hub of a productive livestock-raising and grain-farming region. Manufactures include telecommunications equipment, food products, apparel, lumber and wood products, furniture and fixtures, paper products, chemicals, and petroleum and petroleum-related products. Omaha is the site of the home offices of many major United States insurance companies and the regional headquarters of several federal agencies. Also important to the city's economy is Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command. The city also has large banking, printing, and publishing industries. Commercial air transportation is through Eppley Airfield.
