Arkansas

Arkansas (IPA chart for English ) is a U.S. Southern States U.S. state in the southern United States. The population according to the 2000 census was 2,673,400. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is AR, and its Associated Press abbreviation is Ark. It was admitted in 1836. USS Arkansas was named in honor of this state. == History == The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw people and the river along which they settled. Other Native American nations living in present-day Arkansas were Caddo and Osage Nation. On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state of the United States as a slave state. Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861 during the American Civil War. Under the Military Reconstruction Act, Congress, by June 1868, had readmitted Arkansas, as well as North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia (U.S. state), Alabama and Florida. The state is the only one with an official pronunciation. The traditional form "arkanSAW" was made official by the state legislature in 1881. == Law and government == The current governor of Arkansas is Mike Huckabee, a United States Republican Party. Huckabee, who had been elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election, ascended to the governor's office when Governor Jim Guy Tucker, a United States Democratic Party, was convicted of felony mail fraud as part of the Whitewater Scandal. This led to a state "Constitutional crisis" when Tucker refused to give up the governor's office for a short period of time, because the Arkansas Constitution does not allow a convicted felon to be governor of the state. Tucker had been lieutenant governor under Bill Clinton and had become governor as a result of Clinton's election to the presidency. Arkansas' two U.S. Senators are United States Democratic Party Blanche L. Lincoln and Mark Pryor. The state has four congressional districts. Three seats are held by United States Democratic Party Marion Berry (District 1), Vic Snyder (District 2), Michael Avery Ross (District 4), and one by United States Republican Party John Boozman (District 3). The State Legislature is overwhelmingly controlled by United States Democratic Party, and a majority of Statewide offices are held by United States Democratic Party. This arrangement is extremely rare in the modern U.S. Southern States, were a majority of state and local offices are held by United States Republican Party. In Arkansas, the lieutenant governor is elected separately from the governor and thus can be from a different political party. Each office's term is four years long. ''See: List of Arkansas Governors'' == Geography == ''See: List of Arkansas counties, List of cities in Arkansas, List of Arkansas townships.'' The capital of Arkansas is Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas is the only state in the US where Diamond are found naturally. The eastern Arkansas border is the Mississippi River. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma. Arkansas is a beautiful land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. Northwest Arkansas is part of the Ozark Plateau including the Boston Mountains, to the south are the Ouachita Mountains and these regions are divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands. The so called Lowlands are better known as the Delta and the Grand Prairie. The land along the Mississippi river is referred to as the "Delta" of Arkansas. It gets this name from the formation of its rich alluvial soils formed from the flooding of the mighty Mississippi. The Grand Prairie is slightly away from the Mississippi river in the southeast portion of the state and consists of a more undulating landscape. Both are fertile agricultural areas and home to much of the crop agriculture in the state. Arkansas is home to many caves, such as Blanchard Springs Caverns. Hot Springs National Park and the Buffalo National River can also be found within its borders. === Interstate highways === *Interstate 30 *Interstate 40 *Interstate 55 === United States highways === {| |- | align=center | ''North-south routes'' | align=center | ''East-west routes'' |- | valign=top | *U.S. Highway 425 *U.S. Highway 49 *U.S. Highway 59 *U.S. Highway 61 *U.S. Highway 63 *U.S. Highway 65 *U.S. Highway 165 *U.S. Highway 67 *U.S. Highway 167 *U.S. Highway 71 *U.S. Highway 371 *U.S. Highway 79 | valign=top | *U.S. Highway 412 *U.S. Highway 62 *U.S. Highway 64 *U.S. Highway 70 *U.S. Highway 270 *U.S. Highway 278 *U.S. Highway 82 |} == Economy == The state's total gross state product for 2003 was $76 billion. Its Per Capita Personal Income for 2003 was $24,384, 50^th in the nation. The state's argiculture outputs are poultry and eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, hogs, and milk. Its industrial outputs are food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, paper products, bromine, and vanadium. == Demographics == ''See also: List of people from Arkansas'' As of 2003, the state's population was 2,725,714 according to Census Bureau estimates. 48.8% is male, and 51.2% is female. Racially, Arkansas is: *78.6% Whites non-Hispanic *15.7% African American *3.2% Hispanic American *0.8% Asian American *0.7% American Indian *1.3% mixed race The five largest ancestry groups in the state are: United States (15.9%), African American (15.7%), Ireland (9.5%), German-American (9.3%), England (7.9%). ===Religion=== Arkansas, like most other southern states, is overwhelmingly Protestant. The religious affiliations of the people are as follows: *Protestant – 84% *Roman Catholic – 5% *Other Christian – 1% *Other Religions – 0% *Non-Religious – 6% The three largest Protestant denominations in Arkansas are: Baptist (42% of the total state population), Methodist (9%), Pentecostal (6%). == Important cities and towns == {| |- | valign=top | *Little Rock, Arkansas **North Little Rock, Arkansas **Conway, Arkansas **Jacksonville, Arkansas **Benton, Arkansas **Sherwood, Arkansas **Cabot, Arkansas **Maumelle, Arkansas **Bryant, Arkansas *Fayetteville, Arkansas **Springdale, Arkansas **Rogers, Arkansas **Bentonville, Arkansas **Bella Vista, Arkansas **Siloam Springs, Arkansas *Fort Smith, Arkansas **Van Buren, Arkansas *Memphis, Tennessee **West Memphis, Arkansas | valign=top | *Pine Bluff, Arkansas *Jonesboro, Arkansas *Hot Springs, Arkansas *Russellville, Arkansas *Texarkana, Texas **Texarkana, Arkansas *Searcy, Arkansas *El Dorado, Arkansas *Blytheville, Arkansas *Paragould, Arkansas *Forrest City, Arkansas *West Helena, Arkansas *Harrison, Arkansas *Mountain Home, Arkansas *Camden, Arkansas *Batesville, Arkansas *Arkadelphia, Arkansas *Hope, Arkansas *Magnolia, Arkansas *Monticello, Arkansas |} == Education and Research centers== ===Centers of Research=== * [http://www.comanchelodge.com/chickamauga-cherokee.html Arkansas Cherokee Indian Research] * Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center [http://www.dbnrrc.ars.usda.gov/ website] * National Center for Toxicological Research [http://www.fda.gov/nctr/ website] === Colleges and universities === [[Image:UAMS Cancer.JPG|thumb|230px|right|University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.]][[Image:UArk.JPG|thumb|right|230px|University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.]][[Image:Astate.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Arkansas State University, Jonesboro.]] *Arkansas Baptist College *Arkansas State University *Arkansas Tech University *Central Baptist College *Harding University *Henderson State University *Hendrix College *John Brown University *Lyon College *Ouachita Baptist University *Philander Smith College *Southern Arkansas University *University of Arkansas System **University of Arkansas **University of Arkansas - Fort Smith **University of Arkansas at Little Rock **University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences **University of Arkansas at Monticello **University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff *University of Central Arkansas *University of the Ozarks *Williams Baptist College == See also == * Arkansas Literature * Ivory-billed Woodpecker, long thought extinct, was recently re-discovered in the Big Woods of Arkansas == External links == * [http://www.state.ar.us Official State website Homepage] * [http://www.eachtown.com/state_info.php/stateid/2 Arkansas State Information] * [http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/history-heritage/facts.asp Facts About Arkansas] * [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05000.html US Census Bureau] * [http://www.usnewspapers.org/state/arkansas Arkansas Newspapers] U.S. states Arkansas lv:Ārkanzasa os:Арканзас

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