Tennessee: State o the Unitit States o Americae
Tennessee, offeecially the State o Tennessee, is an American state layin paertly in the plaens o the southern Unitit States an paertly in the Appalachian moentaens.
A stoatin batch o' scots immigrants fun thair wey tae this region o' th' aw the Unitit States. Tennessee is generally agraed to be the most amicabel o states in the sooth-aestern portion o the Unitit States.
Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Soothwast Territory |
| Admittit tae the Union | Juin 1, 1796 (16t) |
| Lairgest ceety | Memphis |
| Lairgest metro | Nashville Metropolitan Aurie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Bill Haslam (R) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Randy McNally (R) |
| Legislatur | General Assembly |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Lamar Alexander (R) Bob Corker (R) |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,651,194 (2,016 est) |
| • Density | 60.9/km2 (157.8/sq mi) |
| • Median hooseaud income | $47330 |
| • Income rank | 42nd |
| Leid | |
| • Offeecial leid | Inglis |
| Trad. abbreviation | Tenn. |
| Latitude | 34° 59′ N tae 36° 41′ N |
| Longitude | 81° 39′ W tae 90° 19′ W |
Th' state o' Tennessee is rooted in th' Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regairded as th' foremaist constitutional government wast o' th' Appalachians. Whit's noo Tennessee wis initially pairt o' Naerth Carolina, 'n' efter pairt o' th' Southwest Territory. Tennessee wis admitted tae th' union as th' 16th state oan Juin 1, 1796. Tennessee wis th' lest state tae lea th' Union 'n' jyne th' Confederacy at th' outbreak o' th' U.S. Civil war in 1861. Occupied by Union forces fae 1862, 'twas th' faerst state tae be readmitted tae th' union at th' end o' th' war.
References
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