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| Capital
City: |
Raleigh |
| Location: |
35.82195 N, 078.65875 W |
| Area: |
53,821 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
7,500,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
November 21st, 1789; 12th State |
| Song: |
The old north State |
| words by: William Gaston |
| music by: Mrs. E. E. Randolph |
| Nickname: |
Tar Heel State |
| Origin of states name: |
Taken from "Carolus", the Latin word for
Charles |
| and named after England's King Charles I. |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Charlotte, Greensboro; |
| Border
States: |
Georgia, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; |
| Geographic Center: |
Chatham, 10 miles northwest of Sanford |
| Coastline: |
301 miles |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. Mitchell; 6,684 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Poultry & eggs, Tobacco, hogs,
milk, nursery stock, |
| cattle, soybeans; |
| Industry: |
Tobacco products, textile goods, machinery, tourism; |
| National
Park: |
Great Smokey Mountains |
| Topography: |
Coastal plains and tidewater in two-fifths of State, |
| southern Appalachian Mountains contain Blue Ridge |
| and Great Smokey Mountains. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 73 to 77 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 39 to 43 |
| Flower: |
American Dogwood |
| Tree: |
Longleaf Pine |
| Newspapers: |
North
Carolina Press Association |
| Attractions: |
North
Carolina Attractions. Roadside America |
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