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Louisiana
Welcome to Louisiana and a brief overview of The Pelican State.
One of the Southern States, Louisiana is located within the 48 "conterminous" states on the Gulf of Mexico. On the north, Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas and, on the south, by the Gulf. Mississippi borders Louisiana on the east and Texas borders Louisiana on the west.
- Statehood: April 30, 1812 (18th state)
- Abbreviation: La. (traditional), LA (postal)
- Capital: Baton Rouge.
- Size: 47,752 square miles, includes inland water (31st)
- Coastline: 397 miles.
- Motto: Union, Justice, Confidence.
- State bird: Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) adopted 1966.
- State flower: Magnolia blossom (Magnolia grandiflora) adopted 1900.
- State songs:
- "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home", by Sammie McKenzie, Lou Lavoy and Castro Carazo, adopted 1952.
- "Give Me Louisiana", by Doralice Fontane, adopted 1970.
- "You Are My Sunshine", by Jimmie H. Davis and Charles Mitchell, adopted 1977.
- "The Gifts of Earth", by Frances LeBeau, adopted 1990.
- State tree: Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) adopted 1963.
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