Indiana

Indiana

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State nickname: "The Hoosier State"
Other U.S. States
Capital	Indianapolis
Largest City	Indianapolis
Largest Metropolitan Area	Chicago
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 38th 94,321 km^2 1.51%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 14th 6,080,485 64/km^2
Admittance into Union  - Order  - Date	19th December 11, 1816
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5 Central: UTC-6/-5 (extreme northwest)
Latitude Longitude	37°47'N to 41°46'N 84°49'W to 88°4'W
Width Length Elevation  -Highest  -Mean  -Lowest	225 km 435 km   383 meters 210 meters 98 meters
ISO 3166-2:	US-IN

Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United States with its capital Indianapolis. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is IN.

A resident of Indiana is called a Hoosier.

USS Indiana was named in honor of this state.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Important Cities and Towns 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and Universities 8 Professional Sports Teams 9 Miscellaneous Information 10 External Links

History

Indiana joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state.

Law and Government

The current Governor of Indiana is Joe Kernan (Democrat), the former lieutenant governor for Frank O'Bannon, who died of a stroke on September 13, 2003. The U.S. senators are Evan Bayh (Democrat) and Richard G. Lugar (Republican). See: List of Indiana Governors

Geography

See: List of Indiana counties

Indianna is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan, on the east by Ohio, on the south by Kentucky with which it shares the Ohio River as a border, and on the west by Illinois.

Economy

Demographics

The 2000 population was 6,080,485. Indiana is a state of mostly small towns and midsize cities. Its largest city and capital is Indianapolis, where the nation's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500, is held each year.

Important Cities and Towns

Evansville in the southwest, on the Ohio River Fort Wayne, the second largest city, in the northeast Gary in the northwestern corner, near Chicago Indianapolis, its capital and largest city, in the extreme central part South Bend, in north central Indiana near the Michigan border, home of the University of Notre Dame

Anderson Bloomington, home of the main campus of Indiana University Columbus Kokomo Muncie Terre Haute, home of Indiana State University and Clabber Girl Baking Powder Goshen West Lafayette, home of Purdue University Lafayette, twin city of West Lafayette

The Hoosier State
State Bird:	Cardinal
State Flower:	Peony
State Song:	"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"
State Tree:	Tulip tree

Education

Colleges and Universities

Professional Sports Teams

Miscellaneous Information

Most of Indiana has exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time. The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd, Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana, near Chicago, Illinois, and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time.

Indiana is also the name of a town in Pennsylvania; see Indiana, Pennsylvania.

External Links

• http://www.in.gov