Little Rock Arkansas Information-Statistics/Historical

ARKANSAS
LITTLE ROCK
AREA	53,182 sq miles (27th)(Land) 52.075 sq. miles (Water) 1,107 sq. miles
CAPITAL	Little Rock
FAMOUS DATES	Organized as territory: March 2, 1819 Entered Union (rank): June 15, 1836 (25) Present constitution adopted: 1874
LOCATION	34.722N, 092.354W
MEAN ELEVATION
HIGHEST POINT	Magazine Mtn; 2753 feet, 34th
LOWEST POINT	Ouachita River; 55 feet, 26th
COUNTIES	75
COASTLINE
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER	12 miles NW of Little Rock in Pulaski
STATE FOSSIL
STATE GRASS
STATE REPTILE
STATE ROCK	Bauxite
STATE GEMSTONE	Diamond
STATE FLAG	Designed by Ms. Willie K. Hocker of Wabbaseka, Arkansas and adopted in 1913, the Arkansas flag features 25 stars to show that Arkansas was the 25th state admitted to the United States.
STATE COLORS
STATE SEAL	It shall be the duty of the Governor to procure a seal for the State of Arkansas, which shall present the following impressions, devices, and emblems, to wit: An eagle at the bottom, holding a scroll in its beak, inscribed "Regnat Populus", a bundle of arrows in one claw and an olive branch in the other; a shield covering the breast of the eagle, engraved with a steamboat at top, a beehive and plow in the middle, and sheaf of wheat at the bottom; the Goddess of Liberty at the top, holding a wreath in her right hand, a pole in the left hand, surmounted by a liberty cap, and surrounded by a circle of stars outside of which is a circle of rays; the figure of an angel on the left, inscribed "Mercy", and a sword on the right hand, inscribed "Justice", surrounded with the words "Seal of the State of Arkansas".
STATE SLOGAN	Literacy Ain't Everything
STATE MOTTO	Regnat populus (The people rule)
STATE SONG	“Arkansas” (1963)
STATE TREE	pine (1939)
STATE BIRD	mockingbird (1929)
STATE ANIMAL	White-tailed Deer
STATE FISH
STATE METAL
STATE NICKNAMES	The Natural State
STATE FLOWER	apple blossom (1901)
BORDERING STATES	Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma