Maryland

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	NICK NAME		Old Line State; Home of National Anthem
	CAPITAL CITY		Annapolis
	LARGEST CITY		Baltimore
	SECOND LARGEST CITY		??
	LARGEST COUNTY		??
	AREA		12,407 sq. miles; 9,775 sq. miles land, 2,633 sq. miles water. Coast line of 3,190 sq. miles including Chesapeake bay, Potomac and other rivers. (42nd Largest state)
	HIGHEST ELEVATION		3,360 ft., Backbone Mountain
	LOWEST POINT		Sea level along the coast.
	ABBREVIATION		MD (postal); ?? (traditional)
	AREA CODE(S)		240, 301, 410, 443
	TIME ZONE		Eastern
	PART OF REGION		Middle Atlantic
	ADMISSION DATE		April 28, 1788 (7th State)
	LOCATION		On the central Atlantic coast of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, & Delaware and divided by Chesapeake Bay. One of the thirteen original colonies.
	NAME ORIGIN		Named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I
	STATE ANIMAL
	STATE BIRD		Baltimore Oriole
	STATE BOAT		Skipjad
	STATE CRUSTOCEAN		Maryland Blue Crab
	STATE FISH		Rock Fish or Striped Bass
	STATE FLOWER		Black-Eyed Susan
	STATE FOSSIL
	STATE GEM
	STATE INSECT		Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
	STATE MINERAL
	STATE SONG		"Maryland my Maryland"
	STATE SPORT
	STATE STONE
	STATE TREE		White Oak
	STATE MOTTO		Fatti maschii, parole fenime (Latin: "Manly deeds, womanly words")

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