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NICK NAME | The Tarheel State. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Raleigh | |
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LARGEST CITY | Charlotte | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Raleigh | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Mecklenburg | |
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AREA | 53,821 sq. miles; 48,718 sq. miles land, 5,103 sq. miles water. (28th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 6,684 ft., Mount Mitchell (Yancey County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level along the Atlantic Coast. | |
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ABBREVIATION | NC (postal); N. Car. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, 919, 980 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | South | |
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ADMISSION DATE | November 21, 1789 (12th State) | |
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LOCATION | On the the central Atlantic coast of the United States, bordering South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. One of the thirteen original English Coulonies. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For Charles I of England, who called the territory of present-day North and South Carolina Carolana "land of Charles" in a land grant to Sir Robert Heath. The area had already been named Carolina in 1562 by French explorer Jean Ribaut to honor Charles IX, king of France. Officially named Carolina in the English Royal Charter of 1663. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Gray Squirrel (Sciaenops ocellatus) | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE FISH | Channel Bass (Sciaenops Ocellatus) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Dogwood Blossom (Cornus florida) | |
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STATE INSECT | Honeybee (Apis mellifera) | |
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STATE MINERAL | Emerald | |
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STATE REPTILE | Eastern Box Turtle | |
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STATE ROCK | Granite | |
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STATE SHELL | Scotch Bonnet | |
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STATE SONG | "The Old North State" | |
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STATE TREE | Pine | |
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STATE MOTTO | Esse Quam Videri (Latin: "To be rather than to seem") |
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