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NICK NAME | Yellow Hammer State; The Heart of Dixie | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Montgomery | |
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LARGEST CITY | Birmingham | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Mobile | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Jefferson | |
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AREA | 52,423 sq. miles; 50,750 sq. miles land, 1,673 sq. miles water. Coastline 53 miles (30 largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 2,407 ft., Cheaha Mountain (Cleburne County). | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level along the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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ABBREVIATION | AL (postal); Ala. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 205 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | South; Gulf States | |
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ADMISSION DATE | December 14, 1819 (22nd State) | |
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LOCATION | In the Southern United States, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For the Alabama River, which flows southwest from the central part of the state near Montgomery to join the Tombigbee River near Mobile. The river was possibly named for the Indian tribe living along it, whose name derived from Choctaw alba 'thicket, plants,' and amo 'cleaners, reapers,' thus 'thicket cleaners' or 'plant reapers.' | |
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STATE BIRD | Yellowhammer (Colaptes auratus) | |
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STATE FISH | Tarpon (Megalops Atlantica) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Camellia (Camellia Japonica) | |
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STATE MINERAL | Hematite | |
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STATE SONG | Alabama | |
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STATE STONE | Marble | |
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STATE TREE | Southern (longleaf) Pine (Pinus Palustrus) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Audemus jura nostra defendere (Latin: 'We dare defend our rights') |
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