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Alabama: flag Alabama: seal The yellowhammer is the state bird of Alabama. Alabama's state flower is the camellia. Alabama Oakleigh Historic House Alabama Dexter Avenue bus stop Physical features of Alabama Regional map of the Deep South in the United States, highlighting the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Arkansas, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The map shows major cities, state capitals, rivers, lakes, and physical features such as the Mississippi Delta, Appalachian Mountains, and swamps like the Okefenokee and Atchafalaya. Insets indicate the region's location within the continental United States.
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Alabama

state, United States
Also known as: Yellowhammer State
Written by
Charles Goode Gomillion
Professor of sociology, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1959–71.
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Alabama, constituent state of the United States of America, admitted to the union in 1819 as the 22nd state. Alabama forms a roughly rectangular shape on the map, elongated in a north-south direction. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, and Mississippi to the west. The Florida panhandle blocks Alabama’s access to the Gulf of Mexico except in Alabama’s southwestern corner, where Mobile Bay is located. Montgomery is the state...

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