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Several sets of codes and abbreviations are used to represent the political divisions of the United States for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations, and other purposes.
Federal Information Processing Standard state code. FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2 ...
Abbreviations of the state's name include CA, Cal., Calif., Califas, and US-CA. ... Between 1850 and 1860, the California state government paid around 1.5 ...
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is US, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United States. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation of the state, district, or outlying area, except the United States Minor Outlying Islands which do not have a postal abbreviation.
California quail. Callipepla californica. 1931. [4] Colors. Blue and gold. Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. 1951. Crustacean.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
An enlargeable map of the state of California California state names Common name: California Pronunciation: US: / ˌkælɪfɔːrnjə, kælɪfɔːrniə / ⓘ Etymology: Etymology of California Official name: State of California Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: CA ISO 3166-2 code: US-CA Internet second-level domain: .ca.us Historic: Cal, Cali, or Calif Nickname (s) The Golden State[1 ...