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| Capital
City: |
Albany |
| Location: |
42.66575 N, 073.79901 W |
| Area: |
54,475 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
18,200,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
July 26th, 1788; 11th State |
| Song: |
I love New York |
| words & music by: Steve Karmen |
| Nickname: |
Empire State |
| Origin of states name: |
Named after England's Duke of York |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
New York City, Rochester, Buffalo; |
| Border
States: |
Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island,
Vermont; |
| Geographic Center: |
Madison, 26 miles southwest of Utica. |
| Coastline: |
127 miles |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. Marcy, 5344 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Dairy products, cattle, vegetables,
nursery stock, apples; |
| Industry: |
Printing & publishing, electric equipment,
machinery, tourism; |
| National
Park: |
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| Topography: |
Highest and most rugged mountains in the northeast Adirondack |
| upland, Atlantic costal plain in the southeast; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 66 to 68 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 25 to 29 |
| Flower: |
Rose |
| Tree: |
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| Newspapers: |
Albany
Times Union, The
New York Times |
| Attractions: |
New
York Attractions. Roadside America |
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