Tag: Louisiana

Louisiana is a state of the United States that is located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is currently the 31st largest and the 25th most populous state in the United States of America. Louisiana is nicknamed Pelican State, because of the heraldic bird, and Bayou State, because of the many swamps. […]

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, USA; 229,500 residents, of which 54% are black (2010). The location on the lower course of the Mississippi – in a fertile plains approximately 125 km NW of New Orleans – early made the city a shipping point for cotton, sugar and other plantation products. After the […]