Arkansas QUICK FACTS Name The word Arkansas comes from a Quapaw Native American word meaning either Land of the Downriver People or People of the South Wind State Capital Little Rock population 197,706 Date of Statehood June 15 1836 25th state Population 2,966,369 32nd-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 53,179 square miles 137,733 sq km 29th-largest state Largest City Little Rock population 197,706 Nickname The Natural State the Land of Opportunity the Razorback State Motto Regnat populus The people rule State Bird Mockingbird State Flower Apple Blossom 6 ARKANSAS
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Bauxite Quartz State Rock Bauxite State Mineral Quartz State Tree Pine State Songs Arkansas You Run Deep in Me and Oh Arkansas Highest Point Mount Magazine 2,753 feet 839 m Lowest Point Ouachita River 55 feet 17 m Average July High Temperature 91 F 33 C Mount Magazine Record High Temperature 120 F 49 C in Ozark August 10 1936 Average January Low Temperature 30 F 1 C Record Low Temperature 29 F 34 C in Gravette February 13 1905 Average Annual Precipitation 51 inches 130 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Bill Clinton Number of U S Representatives 4 U S Presidents Born in Arkansas William Jefferson Clinton U S Postal Service Abbreviation AR QUICK FACTS 7
Arkansas GEOGRAPHY Arkansas is part of the American South It is the 29th-largest state covering 53,179 square miles 137,733 sq km The Interior Highlands region is in the northern and western parts of the state It combines two mountainous areas the Ozark Plateau and the Ouachita pronounced WAH-shi-tah Mountains The Ozarks are a gently rolling series of forested mountains Rivers cut through the sedimentary rocks creating deep valleys waterfalls and caves The rugged Boston Mountains are part of the Ozarks Just south of the Ozark Plateau are the Ouachita Mountains The state’s highest peak Mount Magazine is found here It rises 2,753 feet 839 m above sea level The Ozark Mountains are among the oldest mountain ranges on Earth 8 ARKANSAS
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