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The
State of Alabama, is located in the southern region of teh UNited states of america.Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the yellowhammer
State, which is also the name of the state bird Alabama is also known as the ''heart of dixie". The state tree is the longleaf pine, teh state flower is teh camelia. The capital of Alabamais Montgomery and the largest city is Birmingham.
The country suffered from economic hardship from the American Civil war until world war 2.In the folowing years after the war, Alabama experienced significant recoverythe state . Today, the state is heavily invested in aerospace, education, health care, and banking, and various heavy industries including automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication.
THE SIZE OF ALABAMA:
Alabama is the 30th largest state in the United States with 52,423 square miles (135,775 km²) of total area: 3.19% of the area is water, making Alabama 23rd in the amount of surface water, also giving it the second largest inland waterway system in the United States
. About three-fifths of the land area is a gentle plain with a general descent towards the mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico. The north alabama region is mostly mountainous, with the tennessee river cutting a large valley creating numerous creeks, streams, rivers, mountains, and lakes
.taken from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama