The State Of Louisiana

By Matthew Houston

Famous People from Louisiana

• A famous person from Louisiana is Louis Armstrong. He was a famous jazz musician.

Louis Armstrong

Louisiana’s Location

Louisiana’s absolute location is 32N and 93W. It’s relative

location is west of Mississippi, north of the Gulf of Mexico, south

of Arkansas, east of Texas, and northwest of Oklahoma.

One of Louisiana’s Current Events

On Saturday, February 1, 2003 Shuttle Columbia exploded in the air

and some of it’s remains landed in

Louisiana.

Louisiana’s Region

Good soil, rainfall, and warm weather make Louisiana good for farming.

Louisiana’s Human Environment

• In Louisiana people do a lot of fishing and crabbing.

• Louisiana is also an important state for cotton, natural gas, and farming.

Louisiana’s Date of State Hood

Louisiana became the 13th state on April 30,1812.

Two of Louisiana’s Major Cities

Louisiana’s major cities

are New Orleans and

Baton Rouge.

Louisiana’s Population

•The total population of Louisiana is 4,468,976.

Louisiana State

• A lot of people say that if you look at the state of Louisiana it looks like a boot from the map man.

Louisiana State Capital• The state capital is Baton

Rouge.

Louisiana State Bird• The state bird of Louisiana is the

Brown Pelican

Louisiana State Flower

•The state flower of Louisiana is the Magnolia.

Louisiana State Tree

• The state tree is the Bald Cypress

Louisiana State Flag

• The state flag has a blue background and the state colors are gold,white,and blue it was adopted in 1912. The words on the flag is the state motto.

The Pelican State

The Nickname of Louisiana is the pelican state.