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Iowa
Welcome to Iowa and a brief overview of The Hawkeye State.
Iowa, a Midwestern State,is located in the central part of the 48 "conterminous" states. Iowa is bordered by Minnesota on the north and by Missouri on the south. Wisconsin and Illinois border the state on the east and South Dakota and Nebraska border the state on the west.
- Statehood: December 28, 1846 (29th state)
- Abbreviation: Ia. (traditional), IA (postal)
- Capital: Des Moines.
- Size: 56,275 square miles, includes inland water (25th)
- Coastline: None.
- Motto: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.
- State bird: Eastern goldfinch (Spinus tristis tristia) adopted 1933.
- State flower: Wild rose (Rosa pratincola) adopted 1897.
- State song: "Song of Iowa", words by S.H.M. Byers to the traditional melody of "O, Tannenbaum", adopted 1911.
- State tree: Oak (Quercus spp.) adopted 1961.
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