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NICK NAME | Pelican State, Sportsman's Paradise, The Bayou State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Baton Rouge | |
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LARGEST CITY | New Orleans | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Baton Rouge | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Orleans Parish | |
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AREA | 51,843 sq. miles; 43,566 sq. miles land, 8,277 sq. miles water. (31st Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 535 ft., Driskill Mountain (Bienville Parish) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 5 Ft.; below sea level at New Orleans. | |
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ABBREVIATION | LA (postal); La. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 318, 225, 504 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | South, Gulf States | |
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ADMISSION DATE | April 30, 1812 (18th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the Southern United States, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | Named in 1682 by French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for Louis XIV, King of France. | |
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STATE BIRD | Eastern Brown Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) | |
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STATE DOG | Cataoula Curr | |
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STATE FISH | Bass | |
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STATE FLOWER | Magnolia | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Petrified Palm Wood | |
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STATE GEM | Agate | |
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STATE INSECT | Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) | |
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STATE SONG | "Give Me Louisiana"; "You Are My Sunshine" | |
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STATE TREE | Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Union, Justice and Confidence |
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