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| Capital
City: |
Madison |
| Location: |
43.04405 N, 089.40954 W |
| Area: |
65,503 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
5,170,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
May 29th, 1848; 30th State |
| Song: |
On Wisconsin |
| Nickname: |
Badger State |
| Origin of states name: |
Based on an Indian word "Ouisconsin" believed |
| to mean "grassy place" in the Chippewa tongue |
| Time
zone: |
Central |
| Other Cities: |
Milwaukee, Green Bay; |
| Border
States: |
Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota |
| Geographic Center: |
Wood, 9 miles southeast of Marshfield |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Timms Hill; 1,952 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cheese, dairy products, cattle, hogs,
vegetables, corn; |
| Industry: |
Machinery, food processing, paper products, tourism, |
| electric equipment, fabricated metal products; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Narrow Lake Superior lowland plain met by Northern |
| highland, which slopes gently to the sandy crescent |
| central plain; Western upland in the southwest. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 66 to70 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 17 to 21 |
| Flower: |
Wood Violet |
| Tree: |
Sugar Maple |
| Newspapers: |
The
Capital Times |
| Attractions: |
Wisconsin
Attractions. Roadside America. |
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