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Prior to 1987, when the U.S. Secretary of Commerce approved the two-letter codes for use in government documents, [13] the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) suggested its own set of abbreviations, with some states left unabbreviated. Today, the GPO supports United States Postal Service standard.
Congress can admit more states, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. [7] The United States has control over fourteen territories.
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [7] [8] [9] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
From 1922 to 1978, it was also used on Iowa license plates [9] until it was replaced by the full county name. Finally, the number in the column headed "Map #" is used by the National Atlas of the United States, shown on the left; for purposes of the National Atlas, counties are numbered in geographical order beginning in the NW corner of the map.
Runners make their way around the course during the Class 4A Iowa high school boys state cross country meet on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Fort Dodge. ... a senior, posted his time Sept. 1 at the ...
Country music star and Des Moines' number 2 most streamed Spotify artist of 2023, Morgan Wallen, went hunting for the first time in Iowa before snow covered the state. Iowa is definitely a fan of ...
Polk County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 492,401. [1] making it the most populous county in Iowa, and was estimated to be 505,255 in 2023. [2] Home to over 15% of the state's residents. The county seat is Des Moines, [3] which is also the capital city of Iowa.