Louisiana, LA
The
State of Louisiana is a state located in the
southern region of the United States of America.
The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge and the
most populous city is New Orleans.
The
largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish
and largest by area is Terrebonne Parish
(Louisiana is the only state divided into
parishes, which are local governments equivalent
to counties).
The
New Orleans metropolitan area is Louisiana's
largest. Louisiana has a unique multicultural
and multilingual heritage. Originally part of
New France, Louisiana is home to many speakers
of Cajun French and Louisiana Creole French.
African American/Franco-African, and
French/French Canadian form the two largest
groups of ancestry in Louisiana's population.
Namesake
Louisiana (New France) was named after Louis
XIV, king of France from 1643-1715. When
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed
the territory drained by the Mississippi River
for France, he named it La Louisiane, meaning
"Land of Louis".
Louisiana was once part of the Louisiana
Territory which once stretched from present-day
New Orleans to the Canadian border.
The
territory was acquired in 1803 by the United
States by way of the Louisiana Purchase. Part or
all of 15 states were formed from the territory.
An alternative explanation of the name is that
Louisiana is a combination of Louis the XIV and
his wife Anna of Austria.
This, however, is false. While his mother was
Anne of Austria, Louis the XIV was married to
Marie-Thérèse.
Geography
The
state is bordered to the west by the state of
Texas; to the north by Arkansas; to the east by
the state of Mississippi; and to the south by
the Gulf of Mexico.
The
surface of the state may properly be divided
into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial,
coast and swamp regions.
This article is licensed under
the
GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the
Wikipedia
article "Louisiana".
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Digital Photography Courses Made Easy!
by
Dan Eitreim
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Do you want to discover how to get stunning shots
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If
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way!
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What
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A
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when you want to shoot something, you'll have
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As
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You
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That is when you're going to want to move to a more
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The
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At
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Consider your actual goals and make sure the basics
are thoroughly learned before you fork over a lot of
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About the Author
To
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