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NICK NAME | Land of Lincoln, Prairie State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Springfield | |
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LARGEST CITY | Chicago | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Rockford | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Cook | |
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AREA | 57,918 sq. miles; 55,593 sq. miles land, 2,325 sq. miles water. (25th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 1,235 ft., Charles Mound (Jo Daviess County). | |
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LOWEST POINT | 279 Ft.; along the Mississippi River (Alexander County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | IL (postal); Ill. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 217, 309, 312, 618, 630, 708, 815, 847 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | Great Lakes, Midwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | December 3, 1818 (21st State) | |
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LOCATION | In the East-Central United States, bordering Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, and Indiana. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For an Indian tribe who called themselves the Illiniwek "men; warriors." The French called them Illini and added the suffix -oisto denote the tribe. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE DANCE | Square Dance | |
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STATE FISH | Bluegill (Lepomis Macrochirus) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Violet | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum Gregarium) | |
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STATE INSECT | Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus | |
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STATE MINERAL | Fluorite | |
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STATE SONG | "Illinois" | |
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STATE TREE | White Oak (Quercus Alba) | |
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STATE MOTTO | State Sovereignty, National Union |
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