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Arkansas
Arkansas is a southern state
in the southern United States.
The 2000 census was 2,673,400.
Arkansas was a slave state
that was admitted as a pair State nickname: "The Natural State"
with Michigan in 1837.
USS Arkansas was named in
honor of this state.
Capital Little Rock
Largest City Little Rock
Area Ranked 29th
- Total 137,732 km2
- Land 134,856 km2
- Water 2,876 km2
- % water 2.09%
Population Ranked 33rd
- Total (2000) 2,673,400
- Density 19.8/km2
History Admittance into Union
- Order 26th
The early French explorers of - Date June 15, 1836
the state gave it its name, Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
which is probably a phonetic
spelling for the French word Latitude 33æN to 36æ30'N
for "downriver" people, a Longitude 89æ41'W to 94æ42'W
reference to the Quapaw people Width 385 km
and the river along which they Length 420 km
settled. Other Native American Elevation
nations living in present-day -Highest 839 meters
Arkansas were Caddo and Osage. -Mean 1,045 meters
-Lowest 17 meters
Arkansas, which joined the ISO 3166-2: US-AR
Union in 1836, was the 25th
state. Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861 during the American
Civil War and was later readmitted after Reconstruction.
The state is the only one with an official pronunciation. The traditional
form "arkanSAW" was made official by the state legislature in 1881.
Geography
The capital of Arkansas is Little Rock. Arkansas is the only state in the US
where diamonds are found naturally.
The eastern Arkansas border is the Mississippi River. Arkansas shares its
southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri and
Tennessee, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma. Arkansas is a
beautiful land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains.
The Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges in northern and western Arkansas are
known as the Highlands; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are
called the Lowlands.
Economy
The state's total gross state product for 1999 was $64 billion placing
Arkansas 33rd in the nation. Its Per Capita Personal Income for 2000 was
$22,257, 47th in the nation. The state's argiculture outputs are poultry and
eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, hogs, and milk. Its
industrial outputs are food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal
products, machinery, paper products, bromine, and vanadium.
Demographics
As of 2000, the state's population was 2,673,400.
Important Cities and Towns
* Conway * Little Rock
* El Dorado * Pine Bluff
* Fayetteville * Rogers
* Fort Smith * Russellville
* Hot Springs * Springdale
* Jonesboro * Texarkana
Education
Colleges and Universities
* Arkansas Baptist College
* Arkansas State University
* Arkansas Tech University
* Central Baptist College
* Harding University
* Henderson State University
* Hendrix College
* John Brown University
* Lyon College
* Ouachita Baptist University
* Philander Smith College
* Southern Arkansas University
* University of Arkansas System
o University of Arkansas
o University of Arkansas at Little Rock
o University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
o University of Arkansas at Monticello
o University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
* University of Central Arkansas
* University of the Ozarks
* Williams Baptist College
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