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| Chattanooga
/ Tennessee State Statistics |
| Tennessee
State Flag |
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| TENNESSEE
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| CHATTANOOGA
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| AREA |
42,146 sq miles (34th) (Land) 41,220 sq. miles (Water) 926 sq. miles
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| CAPITAL |
Nashville
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| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16) , Present constitution adopted: 1870; amended 1953, 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978
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| LOCATION
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36.171N, 086.784W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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900 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Clingmans Dome; 6643 feet, 17th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Mississippi River; 182 feet, 29th |
| COUNTIES |
95 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Rutherford
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Agate, Tennessee Limestone |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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Tennessee Pearl |
| STATE FLAG
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The three stars on the flag represent the three different land forms in Tennessee. Mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. On the flag these regions are bound together in an unbroken circle. The field is crimson with a blue background for the stars. The final blue strip relieves the sameness of the crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when it is limp |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Tennessee—America at its best! (1965) |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Agriculture and Commerce |
| STATE SONG
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The Tennessee Waltz , Tennessee, My Homeland, Tennessee , When It's Iris Time in Tennessee ,My Tennessee |
| STATE TREE
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Yellow-poplar Liriodendron tulipifera |
| STATE BIRD
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Mockingbird |
| STATE ANIMAL
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raccoon (1971) |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Volunteer State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Iris Iridaceae |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Virginia |
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