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NICK NAME | The Magnolia State. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Jackson | |
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LARGEST CITY | Jackson | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Biloxi | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Hinds | |
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AREA | 48,434 sq. miles; 46,914 sq. miles land, 1,520 sq. miles water. (32nd Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 806 ft., Woodall Mountain (Tishomingo County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level along the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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ABBREVIATION | MS (postal); Miss (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 601 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | South; Gulf States | |
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ADMISSION DATE | December 10, 1817 (20th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the the southern United States, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For the Mississippi River, which forms the western border of the State. From Algonquian meeche or mescha 'great,' and cebe "river, water,' thus "great water." Recorded in a French text in 1666 as Messipi . | |
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STATE BIRD | Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos) | |
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STATE DRINK | Milk | |
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STATE FISH | Largemouth or Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Magnolia Blossom | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Prehistoric Whale | |
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STATE INSECT | Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) | |
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STATE MAMMAL | LAND: White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) WATER: Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) | |
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STATE SONG | "Go, Mississippi" | |
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STATE STONE | Petrified Wood | |
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STATE TREE | Magnolia | |
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STATE MOTTO | Virtute et armis (Latin: "By valor and arms") |
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