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An enlargeable map of the state of Louisiana. Names Common name: Louisiana. Pronunciation: / l u ˌ iː z i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ, / ˌ l uː z i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ Official name: State of Louisiana; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: LA; ISO 3166-2 code: US-LA; Internet second-level domain: .la.us; Nicknames Bayou State (previously used on ...
Louisiana became the eighteenth U.S. state on April 30, 1812; the Territory of Orleans became the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Territory was simultaneously renamed the Missouri Territory. [85] At its creation, the state of Louisiana did not include the area north and east of the Mississippi River known as the Florida Parishes.
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
This organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term parish, as did the 1845 constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes. The 19 original parishes were joined by Catahoula Parish in 1808.
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Louisiana’s map has been the subject of intense litigation, with the state’s original effort ruled to be a racial gerrymander. Using the Legislature’s original map, Republicans won five of ...
Three federal judges who threw out Louisiana's new congressional map asked the state's chief elections officer Monday for a hard deadline on the latest a map can be in place to conduct the Nov. 5 ...
SH 77 northwest of Rodessa at the Texas state line 1955: current Longest highway in Louisiana. LA 2: 189.490: 304.955 SH 49 west of Trees at the Texas state line: US 65 north of Lake Providence: 1955: current LA 3: 35.705: 57.462 I-20, US 71, and LA 72 in Bossier City: AR 29 at the Arkansas state line north of Plain Dealing: 1955: current LA 4