Louisiana
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Louisiana is one state of the United States of America.
Louisiana is in the south of the U.S.A. To the west of Louisiana is Texas. To the north is Arkansas. To the east is the state of Mississippi. To the south is the Gulf of Mexico.
The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge. The largest city is New Orleans.
The south end of the Mississippi River is in Louisiana.
The size of Louisiana is 134,382 km2. In the year 2000 4,468,976 people were in Louisiana.
The governor of Louisiana is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
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| National capital: | District of Columbia |
| Island areas: | American Samoa • Baker Island • Guam • Howland Island • Jarvis Island • Johnston Atoll • Kingman Reef • Midway Atoll • Navassa Island • Northern Mariana Islands • Palmyra Atoll • Puerto Rico • Virgin Islands • Wake Island |
