Delaware
Delaware (
i/ˈdɛləwɛər/)[3] is ane o the Mid-Atlantic states locatit in the Northeast megalopolis region o the Unitit States.[a] It is bordered tae the sooth an wast bi Maryland, tae the northeast bi New Jersey, an tae the north bi Pennsylvanie. The state taks its name frae Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an Inglis nobleman anVirginie's first colonial govrenor,[4] efter whom what is nou cried Cape Henlopen wis oreeginally named.[5]
Delaware | |
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Delaware Colony |
| Admittit tae the Union | December 7, 1787 (1st) |
| Lairgest ceety | Wilmington |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | John Carney (D) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Bethany Hall-Long (D) |
| Legislatur | General Assembly |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Tom Carper (D) Chris Coons (D) |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | Lisa Roschester (D) (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 935,614 (2,014 est)[1] |
| • Density | 179/km2 (464/sq mi) |
| • Median hooseaud income | $50152 |
| • Income rank | 12th |
| Leid | |
| Trad. abbreviation | Del. |
| Latitude | 38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N |
| Longitude | 75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W |
| Delaware state seembols | |
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 The Seal o Delaware | |
| Ainimal an Plant insignia | |
| Bird(s) | Delaware Blue Hen |
| Butterflee | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
| Fish | Weakfish |
| Flouer(s) | Peach blossom |
| Insect | 7-spotted Ladybug |
| Tree | American Holly |
| Inanimate insignia | |
| Beverage | Milk |
| Colours | Colonial Blue, Buff |
| Fuid | Strawberry, Peach custard pie |
| Fossil | Belemnite |
| Mineral | Sillimanite |
| Motto | Liberty and Independence |
| Slogan(s) | Endless Discoveries [2] – Formerly: It's Good Being First |
| Sile | Greenwich (soil) |
| Sang(s) | "Our Delaware" |
| Route merker(s) | |
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| State Quarter | |
 Released in 1999 | |
| Leets o Unitit States state seembols | |
Delaware is in the northeastren portion o the Delmarva Peninsula an is the seicont smawest, the saxth least populous, but the saxt maist densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States. Delaware is dividit intae three coonties, the lawest nummer o coonties o ony state. Frae north tae sooth, the three counties are New Castle, Kent, an Sussex. While the soothren twa coonties hae historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle Coonty haes been mair industrialisit.
Afore its coastline wis splorit bi Europeans in the 16t century, Delaware wis inhabitit bi several groups o Native Americans, includin the Lenape in the north an Nanticoke in the sooth. It wis initially colonisit bi Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present toun o Lewes, in 1631.[6] Delaware wis ane o the 13 colonies pairticipatin in the American Revolution an on 7 Dizember 1787, became the first state tae ratifee the Constitution o the Unitit States, tharebi becomin kent as The First State.
Notes eedit
- ↑ While the U.S. Census Bureau designates Delaware as ane o the South Atlantic States, it is uisually groupit wi the Mid-Atlantic States an/or the Northeastren Unitit States.
References eedit
- ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016". 2015 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 20 December 2016. Archived frae the original (CSV) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016. Unknown parameter
|dead-url=ignored (help) - ↑ Molly Murray (6 Januar 2015). "Delaware's new tourism brand: Endless Discoveries". Delaware Online. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ Random House Dictionary.
- ↑ "Delaware". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 24 Februar 2007.
- ↑ Johnson, Amandus (1911). The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 : with an Account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American Companies, and the Efforts of Sweden to Regain the Colony, Volume 1. University of Pennsylvania. p. 167.
- ↑ Myers, Albert Cook (1912). Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707, Volume 13. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 8.
Freemit airtins eedit
- State govrenment
- [ Delaware state govrenment wabsteid]
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