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- Capital: Montgomery
- Population: 4,447,100
- Entered the Union: December 14, 1819
- As the: 22nd state
- Motto: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere (We Dare Defend Our Rights)
- Nickname: The Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State, The Yellowhammer State
- State abbreviation/Postal code: Ala./AL
- Governor: Bob Riley, R (to Jan. 2011)
- Lieut. Governor: Lucy Baxley, D (to Jan. 2011)
- Senators: Jeff Sessions, R (to Jan. 2009); Richard C. Shelby, R (to Jan. 2011)
- U.S. Representatives: 7
- Secy. of State: Beth Chapman, R (to Jan. 2011)
- Treasurer: Kay Ivey, R (to Jan. 2011)
- Atty. General: Troy King, R (to Jan. 2011)
- Organized as territory: March 3, 1817
- Entered Union (rank): Dec. 14, 1819 (22)
- Present constitution adopted: 1901
- Flower: Camellia
- Bird: Yellowhammer
- Song: "Alabama"
- Sports Teams: None
- Origin of Name: May come from Choctaw word meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers"
- Major Industries: Paper, Chemicals, and Rubber and Plastics
- Historical Sites: Montgomery, founding site of the Confederate States of America in 1861, and later the site of the Montgomery bus boycotts in the 1950s and 1960s; Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in downtown Montgomery, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., served as minister; the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881
- Points of Interest: Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller in Tuscambia; the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville; and the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery
- Bordering States: Alabama borders Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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