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Population: 4,135,543 (1996)
Capital: Montgomery, Population 889,500 (1992)
Nickname: Heart of Dixie; Camellia State
Year of Admission: December 7, 1787
Order of Admission: 1 |
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Area: 52,237 sq miles (135,294 sq kilometers) (the 29th biggest state).
Location: Alabama is situated on the Southeast of United States
Borders: Tennessee on the North, Georgia on the East, Florida on the South & Mississippi on the West
Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Sea Level
Highest point: Cheaha Mountain - 2,405 feet (733 m)
Land Area: 50,750 sq miles
Water area: 1,487 sq miles
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