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| Capital
City: |
Jackson |
| Location: |
32.32050 N, 090.20759 W; |
| Area: |
48,434 sq.mi. |
| Population: |
2,731,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
December, 10th 1817; 20th State |
| Song: |
Go Mississippi |
| words & music by: Houston Davis |
| Nickname: |
Magnolia State |
| Origin of states name: |
Possible based on Chippewa Indian words |
| "mici zipi," loosely meaning great river |
| Time
zone: |
Central |
| Other Cities: |
Biloxi, Greenville, Gulfport; |
| Border
States: |
Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Tennessee; |
| Geographic Center: |
Leake, 9 mi. west-northwest of Carthage; |
| Coastline: |
53 miles |
| Highest Point: |
Woodall Mtn.; 806 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cotton, poultry, cattle, catfish,
soybeans, rice; |
| Industry: |
Apparel, furniture, lumber & wood products, |
| food processing, electrical machinery; |
| National
Park: |
Natchez trace parkway |
| Topography: |
Low, fertile delta between Yazoo & Mississippi
rivers; |
| rugged high sandy hills northeast, followeb by black
prairie belt; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 79 to 83 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 46 to 50 |
| Flower: |
Magnolia |
| Tree: |
Magnolia |
| Newspapers: |
Mississippi
Press Association |
| Attractions: |
Mississippi
Attractions. Roadside America |
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