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| Capital
City: |
Montpelier |
| Location: |
44.26648N, 072.57185 W |
| Area: |
9,615 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
590,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
March 4th, 1791; 14th State |
| Song: |
Hail, Vermont |
| words & music by: Josephine H. Perry |
| Nickname: |
Green Mountain State |
| Origin of states name: |
Based on "verts monts", French for green
mountains. |
| Time
zone: |
Eastern |
| Other Cities: |
Burlington |
| Border
States: |
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New York; |
| Geographic Center: |
Washington, 3 miles east of Roxbury |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. Mansfield, 4,393 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Dairy products, cattle, hay, apples,
maple products; |
| Industry: |
Electronic equipment, printing & publishing,
tourism, |
| paper products, fabricated metal products; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Green Mountains create north-south backbone 20 to 36 |
| miles wide; average altitude, 1,000 feet. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 68 to 72 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 20 to 24 |
| Flower: |
Red Clover |
| Tree: |
Sugar Maple |
| Newspapers: |
The
Burlington Free Press |
| Attractions: |
Vermont
attractions. Roadside America |
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