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| Capital
City: |
Nashville |
| Location: |
36.17155 N, 086.78482 W |
| Area: |
42,146 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
5,369,000 |
| Statehood: |
June 1st, 1796; 16th State |
| Song: |
The Tennessee Waltz / My Tennessee |
| Nickname: |
Volunteer State |
| Origin of states name: |
Named after Cherokee Indian villages called "Tanasi" |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern, Central; |
| Other Cities: |
Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville |
| Border
States: |
Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, |
| Missouri, North
Carolina, Virginia; |
| Geographic Center: |
Rutherford, 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro; |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Clingmans Dome; 6,643 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Soybeans, cotton, Tobacco, dairy
products, cattle, hogs; |
| Industry: |
Chemicals, transportation equipment, rubber, plastics; |
| National
Park: |
Great Smokey Mountains |
| Topography: |
Rugged Country in the east; Eastern Gulf coastal plain |
| to the west; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 83 to 87 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 50 to 54 |
| Flower: |
Iris |
| Tree: |
Tulip Poplar |
| Newspapers: |
The
Tennessean |
| Attractions: |
Tennessee
Attractions. Roadside America |
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