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| Providence
/ Rhode Island
State Statistics |
| Rhode
Island State Flag |
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| RHODE
ISLAND
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| PROVIDENCE |
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| AREA |
1,545 sq miles (50th) (Land) 1,045 sq. miles (Water) 500 sq. miles
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| CAPITAL |
Providence |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): May 29, 1790 (13) , Present constitution adopted: 1843
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| LOCATION
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41.821N, 071.419W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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200 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Jerimoth Hill; 812 feet, 46th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Atlantic coast; Atlantic Ocean, sea level, 3rd |
| COUNTIES |
5 |
| COASTLINE |
40 miles |
| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Kent |
| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Cumberlandite |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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| STATE FLAG
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Placed on a white field is a circle of thirteen gold stars representing the first thirteen states. The stars surround a gold ship's anchor. The states motto " Hope" is on a blue ribbon below the anchor. |
| STATE COLORS
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blue, white, and gold (in state flag) |
| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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We're Not REALLY An Island |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Hope |
| STATE SONG
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Rhode Island's It for Me |
| STATE TREE
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Red Maple Acer rubrum |
| STATE BIRD
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Rhode Island Red |
| STATE ANIMAL
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| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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The Ocean State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Violet Viola |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Connecticut Massachusetts New York (water border) |
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