Arkansas

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	NICK NAME		The Land of Opportunity
	CAPITAL CITY		Little Rock
	LARGEST CITY		Little Rock
	SECOND LARGEST CITY		Fort Smith
	LARGEST COUNTY		Pulaski
	AREA		53,182 sq. miles; 52,075 sq. miles land, 1,107 sq. miles water. (29th Largest state)
	HIGHEST ELEVATION		2,753 ft., Magazine Mountain (Logan County).
	LOWEST POINT		55 ft. on the Ouachita River (Ashley & Union County).
	ABBREVIATION		AR (postal); Ark. (traditional)
	AREA CODE(S)		501
	TIME ZONE		Central Standard Time
	PART OF REGION		South
	ADMISSION DATE		June 15, 1836 (25th State)
	LOCATION		In the South-Central United States, bordering Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, & Mississippi. The Mississippi River forms its eastern border.
	NAME ORIGIN		Apparently a corruption of the name of a tribe and Sioux Indians who called themselves Ugakhpah or Quapaw, "downstream people." Arkansea was recorded in a French source of 1673 for a village and Indian tribe. Another spelling was Arkansa, with -s added as a plural to designate members of the tribe.
	STATE BIRD		Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos)
	STATE FISH
	STATE FLOWER		Apple Blossom (Malus Sylvestris)
	STATE MINERAL
	STATE SONG		"Arkansas"; "The Arkansas Traveler"
	STATE SPORT
	STATE STONE		Diamond
	STATE TREE		Pine
	STATE MOTTO		Regnat Populus (Latin: "The people rule")

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