Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west.
Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the “Heart of Dixie” and the “Cotton State”. The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. Alabama’s capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville.
Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its economic center
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Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states
The state spans a total area of 52,419 square miles.
Alabama River and the state of Alabama both got their names from the Alibamu people
The official demonym for residents in Alabama is “Alabamians”.
Alabama is bordered by Tennessee; Georgia; Florida and Mississippi
Founded by the French colonists in 1702, Mobile is the oldest city in the state
The Spanish were the first Europeans to reach Alabama in 1540.
The state attained statehood on December 14, 1819, becoming the 22nd state to join the union.
From 1826 to 1846, Tuscaloosa served as Alabama’s capital.
On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union.
Alabama has 67 counties.
Alabama does not have an official state nickname.
Alabama is also known as the “Heart of Dixie” and the “Cotton State”
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird.
AL is thePostal Abbreviation and Ala. is the Standard Abbreviation for the State of Alabama.
The state tree is the longleaf pine
The state flower is the camellia.
Alabama’s capital is Montgomery
Alabama’s largest city by population and area is Huntsville
The official song of the state of Alabama is called ‘Alabama’
The official state motto of Alabama is ‘Audemus jura nostra defendere’ which translates to ‘We dare to defend our rights’
The star blue quartz is the state’s official gemstone.
The Florence Renaissance Faire is Alabama’s official fair.
The pecan is Alabama’s official nut.
The Monarch butterfly is the state’s official insect.
Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the American Revolutionary Wa
Alabama has the second-largest inland waterway system in the United States
Mobile, Alabama is the birthplace of America’s original Mardi Gras
Regions Financial Corporation is the largest bank headquartered in or operating in Alabama.
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama
The Saturn V rocket was developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American women to serve as U.S. secretary of state was born in Birmingham
Over 70% of Alabama is covered in forests.
The arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 in Montgomery became a key event in the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King, Jr. began his career as a local pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery
In 2018, Mobile’s Mardi Gras parade was the state’s top event, producing the most tourists with an attendance of 892,811
The top attraction was the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville with an attendance of 849,981
A 5-mile wide meteorite impact crater is located in Elmore County, just north of Montgomery.
Mardi Gras is an official state holiday in Mobile and Baldwin counties
The Vulcan statue, the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, is the largest cast iron statue in the world at 56-foot tall
Alabama’s highest temperature of 112 °F was recorded on September 5, 1925
The record low of −27 °F occurred on January 30, 1966
The state constitution of Alabama has more than 300,000 words, making it the longest, most-amended constitution in the United States
Carl Lewis, the famous athlete, who won nine Olympic gold medals was born in Birmingham, Alabama
Jesse Owens is an Olympic gold medalist who was born in Oakville, Alabama.
Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles
In 1836 Alabama was the first U.S. state to declare Christmas a holiday
Mercedes Benz established its first U.S. factory in Vance, Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1997
In Aniston, Alabama, you can visit the World’s Largest Office Chair. It’s made from 10 tons of steel
Alabama is home to the United States’ largest snail population. 43% of all snails in the United States live in Alabama.
Alabama is the only state in the United States with an official alcoholic beverage.
In Alabama around 400 million pounds of peanuts are farmed every year
Washington County is the oldest county in Alabama.
Nat King Cole was born in Montgomery in 1919
Alabama’s geographic center is located in Chilton a community located 12 miles southwest of Clanton.
Baseball player Hank Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.
Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914.
The first open-heart surgery in the western hemisphere happened on September 15th, 1902 in Montgomery, Alabama
In Alabama it’s illegal to dress up as a priest, a nun, or any religious minister in public places
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