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State Capital: Augusta
- Admission to Statehood:
March 15, 1820
- State Bird: Chickadee
- Climate: Maine Climate
- Constitution: 23rd State, State Legislature
- Education: Maine Schools
- Economy-
- Agriculture: Seafood, poultry and eggs, potatoes, dairy products, cattle, blueberries, apples.
- Industry: Paper, lumber, and wood products, electric equipment, food processing, leather products, textiles, tourism.
- State Flag: The state coat of arms is placed on a blue field. In the center of the shield a moose rests under a tall pine tree. A farmer and seaman represents the work that people did in early times. The North Star represents the state motto: "Dirigo". ("I Direct" ) Flag adopted 1909.
- State Flower: White pine cone and tassel - White pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus, linnaeus). Adopted by the Legislature
of 1895. The White pine is considered to be the largest conifer in the
northeastern United States. Leaves (needles) are soft, flexible and bluish-green
to silver green in color and are regularly arranged in bundles of five. Needles
are 2 1/2-5 inches long and are usually shed at the end of the second growing
season. Flowers (strobili) occur on the tree. Cones are 4-8 inches in length,
usually slightly curved. Cone scales are thin and never have prickles. Cones
also have a fragrant gummy resin.
- Highest Point: Katahdin Mtn.; 5268 feet, 22nd
- Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
- Motto: Dirigo
- State Nickname: Pine Tree State
- Population: Roughly about 1,274,923
- State Song: State Song of Maine
- State Tree: Eastern White Pine
- Zip Codes: Maine Zip Codes
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