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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
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An infobox for States of the United States of America. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Link to seal's page Seallink Link to the Wikipedia page of the state's seal Date optional Official language OfficialLang The state's official language, if it has one Example [[Template:Official languages of U.S ...
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
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Use to specify anything required to precede a state's common name in order to create a wikilink for that state's abbreviation. For example, "List of governors of" (without quotes) for List of governors of Alabama, List of governors of Alaska, etc. suffix As above, except to follow a state's common name.
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.