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| Capital
City: |
Annapolis |
| Location: |
38.97165 N, 076.50303 W |
| Area: |
12400 sq.mi. |
| Population: |
5,090,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
April 28, 1788; 7th state |
| Song: |
Maryland, my Maryland |
| words & music by: James R. Randall |
| Nickname: |
Old Line State |
| Origin of states name: |
Named to honor Henrietta Maria; |
| wife of England's King Charles I |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Baltimore, Bethesda; |
| Border
States: |
Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West
Virginia; |
| Geographic Center: |
Prince Georges, 4.5 mi. northwest of
Davidsonville |
| Coastline: |
31 mi. |
| Highest Point: |
Backbone Mtn.; 3360 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Seafood, poultry & eggs, nursery
stock, cattle, |
| soybeans, corn; |
| Industry: |
Chemical products, primary metals, tourism, |
| coal, machinery |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Eastern shore of coastal plain and the Blue Ridge, |
| separated by the Chesapeake
Bay; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 66 to 74 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 28 to 40 |
| Flower: |
Black-eyed Susan |
| Tree: |
White Oak |
| Newspapers: |
The
Capital |
| Attractions: |
Maryland
attractions. Roadside America |
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