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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]
2008-style state highway marker on eastbound LA 1064 in Natalbany. After months of posting the black-and-white shields without a line border, La DOTD began posting some state shields with a white border, as in this photo taken on January 14, 2010. This marker is located on LA 21 between Covington and I-12.
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.
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 ...
The U.S. state of Louisiana has a total of ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); 37 of Louisiana's sixty-four (64) parishes are classified as metropolitan. [1] According to the 2020 United States census, these parishes had a combined population of 3,918,560 (84.1% of the state's population).
The Interstate Highway System in Louisiana consists of 933.84 miles (1,502.87 km) [4] of freeways constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). The system was authorized on June 29, 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 . [ 1 ]
Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 57,576. [1] The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Crowley. [2]
The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Louisiana; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Louisiana; See also Louisiana and categories Towns in Louisiana, Census-designated places in Louisiana, Unincorporated communities in Louisiana