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| Capital
City: |
Columbus |
| Location: |
39.98893 N, 082.98738 W |
| Area: |
44,828 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
11,187,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
March 1st, 1803; 17th State |
| Song: |
Beautiful Ohio |
| words by: Ballard MacDonald |
| music by: Mary Earl |
| Nickname: |
Buckeye State |
| Origin of states name: |
From the Iroquois Indian word for |
| "good river" |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron |
| Border
States: |
Indiana, Kentucky,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, |
| West Virginia; |
| Geographic Center: |
Delaware, 25 miles north-northeast of Columbus |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Campbell Hill, 1,550 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Soybeans, dairy products, corn,
tomatoes, hogs, |
| cattle, poultry & eggs; |
| Industry: |
Food processing, electric equipment, machinery, |
| transportation equipment; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Generally rolling plain; Allegheny plateau
located |
| in the east; central plains in the west. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 72 to 76 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 28 to 34 |
| Flower: |
Scarlet Carnation |
| Tree: |
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| Newspapers: |
The
Daily Reporter |
| Attractions: |
Ohio
Attractions. Roadside America |
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