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| Raleigh
/ North Carolina
State Statistics |
| North
Carolina State Flag |
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| NEVADA
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| RALEIGH |
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| AREA |
53,821 sq miles (29th) (Land) 48,708 sq. miles (Water) 5,103 sq. miles
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| CAPITAL |
Raleigh |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): Nov. 21, 1789 (12) , Present constitution adopted: 1971
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| LOCATION
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35.821N, 078.658W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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700 ft |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Mt. Mitchell; 6,684 feet, 16th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd |
| COUNTIES |
100 |
| COASTLINE |
301 miles |
| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Chatham
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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eastern box turtle (1979) |
| STATE ROCK
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granite (1979) |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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emerald (1973) |
| STATE FLAG
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That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776." |
| STATE COLORS
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red and blue (1945) |
| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Tobacco Is A Vegetable |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem |
| STATE SONG
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The Old North State |
| STATE TREE
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Longleaf Pine Pinus |
| STATE BIRD
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Cardinal |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Grey Squirrel (Mammal) |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Old North State / Tar Heel State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Dogwood Cornus florida |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Georgia South Carolina Tennessee Virginia |
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