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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.
States Andhra Pradesh = AP Arunachal Pradesh = AR Assam = AS Bihar = BR Chhattisgarh = CG Goa = GA Gujarat = GJ Haryana = HR Himachal Pradesh = HP Jharkhand = JH Karnataka = KA Kerala = KL Madhya Pradesh = MP Maharashtra = MH Manipur = MN Meghalaya = ML Mizoram = MZ Nagaland = NL Odisha = OD Punjab, Punjab (India) = PB Rajasthan = RJ Sikkim = SK
The state is further divided into 26 districts, with North Andhra comprising six districts, Coastal Andhra comprising 12 districts, and Rayalaseema comprising eight districts. [14] These districts are made up of 77 revenue divisions , [ 15 ] 685 mandals [ 15 ] and 13,324 village panchayats as part of the administrative organisation.
The largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing 665,384 square miles (1,723,340 km 2), while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 1,545 square miles (4,000 km 2). The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people ...
Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus ...
Cancelled was the most looked up word in all four states. We can't blame the people of Missouri, North Carolina and Washington. Nobody knows how to spell pneumonia anyways.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
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.