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NORTH CAROLINA STATE FLAG, SYMBOLS & FACTS
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Capital City: Raleigh
Capitol Tour
Location: 35.821N, 078.658W
- Admission to Statehood: November 21, 1789
- Ancestry and Genealogy: North Carolina State Database
- Area:
53821 sq.mi, ranks 28th
- Land 48718 sq. mi., ranks 29th
- Water 5103 sq.mi., ranks 10th
- Coastline 301 mi., ranks 7th
- Shoreline 3,375 mi., ranks 6th
Area Codes: 252 - 336 - 704 - 828 - 910 - 919 - 980
Bird: Cardinal
Border States: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Cam World: Live Web Cams
City Guides: North Carolina City Guides
Climate: North Carolina
Colleges, Universities: North Carolina
Constitution: 12th State
County Profile: Text List 100 Counties
Courts: Judicial System
Current Events: North Carolina News Headlines
Department of: Education Licensure
Driving: DMV
Economy:
- Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans.
- Industry: Tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, tourism.
Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
Fast Facts: 50states List
Flag: 
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." Get this Flag
Flower: Dogwood Cornus florida
Genealogical Resources: Genealogy.com  Cyndi's List Historical Societies
Geographic Center: Chatham, 10 miles northwest of Sanford
Governor: Michael F. Easley (D)
Highest Point: Mt.
Mitchell; 6,684 feet, 16th
Highway Markers: North Carolina Resource Manual
History: Historical Civil War
Largest Cities:
Library: North Carolina
License Plates: North Carolina
Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
Maps: 
Rand McNally DMOZ
Blank Outline Map 50states List
Media: Radio TV
Motto: Esse quam videri
- To be, rather than to seem
Museums: The Virtual Library
National Forest: North Carolina
Newspapers:
Nickname: Old North State / Tar Heel State
Origin of state's name: Taken from "Carolus," the Latin
word for Charles and named after England's King Charles I
Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
Population: Quick facts 8,049,313; 11th, 12/00
Presidental Birthplace:
Public Records: North Carolina
Real Estate: North Carolina
Representatives:
Road Side America: North Carolina
Soil: North Carolina - Cecil
Song: The Old North State 50states List
Sheet Music
- words by: William Gaston
- music by: Mrs. E.E. Randolph
Sports:
College
High School
League
Professional
Stadiums - Arenas
State Parks: North Carolina
State Quarters: North Carolina
Symbols: NC state library
Topography: Image Coastal plains and tidewater in two-fifths of state, extending to the fall line of the rivers; piedmont plateau, another two-fifths, of gentle to rugged hills; southern Appalachian Mountains contain Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains.
Travel: North Carolina Travel
Tree: Longleaf Pine Pinus
Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
Unclaimed Funds: North Carolina
Veteran Affairs: North Carolina VA
Vital Records: North Carolina Vital Records
Weather: Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International
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