Alabama

Alabama is known as the heart of Dixie and has a land area of 50,744 square miles. Its capital is located in Montgomery and the state motto reads: "Audemus jura nostra defendere", which means, "We dare to maintain our rights". The highest point in Alabama is Cheaha Mountain at 2, 407 feet, and the states lowest point is the Gulf of Mexico at sea level. Called the Heart of Dixie, Alabama entered the Union on Dec. 14, 1819, as the 22d state. In 1861 it became a founding member of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Alabama?s economy was long dominated by farming, but by the 1990s manufacturing, government, and services were the chief economic sectors. The name of the state is taken from the Alabama R., which was named for the Alabama, or Alibamon, Indians, who belonged to the Creek Confederacy.

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