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The mid- Atlantic state of New York is located in the north-east of the USA on the border with Canada. It is one of the most populous states in the USA with an area of 141,299 square kilometers and around 19.5 million inhabitants. The capital of the state of New York is Albany. However, it […]
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The US state of Nevada is located in the western United States and is surrounded by the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. On October 31, 1864, under President Abraham Lincoln, Nevada became the 36th state of the United States. With an area of 109,781 square miles, Nevada is the seventh largest state […]
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Nebraska is located in the middle of the Great Plains in the American Midwest. One of Nebraska’s slogans is “Where the West begins.” Its state capital is Lincoln, but its largest city is Omaha on the Missouri River. “Shallow Water,” a Native American word for the Platte River that flows through the state, gave the […]
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Michigan is a state located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. The name Michigan derives from the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa “great waters” or “great lake”. Michigan is best known for being the birthplace of the automotive industry: General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US […]
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Diverse natural beauty and an incredible variety of history can be found in Massachusetts, a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Both in the big cities and in the small villages you can still find preserved buildings from historical times. The oldest university in America from 1636, Harvard University in […]
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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. […]
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Kansas is a US state located in the Midwest of the United States. Kansas was named after Kansa, which means “people of the south wind” in the Sioux language, and the Kansas River, which flows through the US state. There are also other nicknames such as ” Sunflower State ” because of its vast fields […]
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Kentucky is a state in the eastern United States. Despite its location, it is still counted among the southern states. Kentucky is one of the four US states known as the Commonwealth, the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Originally, Kentucky was a part of Virginia until 1792, when Kentucky became the 15th state to […]
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Iowa is a US state in the Midwestern United States. It joined the United States of America in 1846 as the 29th state. It got its name from the Ioway Indians, one of the many Native American tribes that lived here. With an area of 145,743 km², Iowa is known for the cultivation of corn […]
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Indiana is a US state in the Midwest and Great Lake region of North America. For thousands of years before European settlement, this area was home to diverse cultures of indigenous peoples and ancient Native Americans, giving rise to its name Indiana, meaning ” land of the Native Americans “. With an area of 94,321 […]
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