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| New
Orleans
/ Louisiana State Statistics |
| Louisiana State Flag |
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| LOUISIANA
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| NEW
ORLEANS |
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| AREA |
51,843 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Baton Rouge |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: March 26, 1804 Entered Union (rank): April 30, 1812 (18)
Present constitution adopted: 1974
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| LOCATION
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30.448N, 091.126W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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750 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Driskill Mtn.; 535 feet; 48th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
at New Orleans; 8 feet below sea level; 2nd |
| COUNTIES |
64 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Petrified Palm |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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Agate |
| STATE FLAG
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The design consists of the pelican group from the state seal, in white and gold, and a white ribbon bearing the state motto, "Union, Justice, and Confidence", on a field of a solid blue. Flag adopted 1912 |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Union, justice, and confidence |
| STATE SONG
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“Give Me Louisiana” and “You Are My Sunshine” |
| STATE TREE
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bald cypress (1963) |
| STATE BIRD
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eastern brown pelican (1958) |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Black Bear |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Pelican State |
| STATE FLOWER
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magnolia (1900) |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Arkansas Mississippi Texas |
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