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NICK NAME | The Gem State; Light on the Mountain | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Boise | |
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LARGEST CITY | Boise | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Pocatello City | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Ada | |
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AREA | 83,574 sq. miles; 82,751 sq. miles land, 823 sq. miles water. (14th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 12,662 ft., Borah Peak (Custer County). | |
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LOWEST POINT | 710 Ft.; Snake River at Lewiston (Nez Perce County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | ID (postal); Ida. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 208 | |
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TIME ZONE | Mountain | |
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PART OF REGION | Rocky Mountain | |
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ADMISSION DATE | July 3, 1890 (43rd State) | |
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LOCATION | In the northwestern United States, bordering Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | Idaho is apparently a coined word, and was applied to Idaho Springs and Idaho County prior to being used for Idaho Territory in 1863. The name has no origin in any known Indian language, but there is at least one documented theory: it may have been coined by lobbyist-politician George M. Willing, who claimed the name came from an Indian word idahow, which is thought to mean "gem of the mountains"; this interpretation has a great many adherents. | |
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STATE BIRD | Mountain Bluebird (Sialia Currucoides) | |
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STATE FISH | Cutthroat Trout (Salmo Clarki) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Syringa (Philadelphus Lewisii) | |
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STATE FOLKDANCE | Square Dance | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Hagerman Horse (Equus Simplicidens) | |
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STATE GEM | Star Garnet | |
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STATE SONG | "Here We Have Idaho" | |
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STATE TREE | Western White Pine Pinus Strobus | |
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STATE MOTTO | Esto Perpetua (Latin: "May it endure forever") |
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