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FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE
AREA	65,758 sq miles (Land) 53,997 sq. miles (Water) 11,761 sq. miles
CAPITAL	Tallahassee
FAMOUS DATES	Organized as territory: March 30, 1821 Entered Union (rank): March 3, 1845 (27) Present constitution adopted: 1969
LOCATION	30.457N, 084.281W
MEAN ELEVATION	100 ft.
HIGHEST POINT	Walton County, 345 ft
LOWEST POINT	Sea Level, Atlantic Ocean
COUNTIES	67
COASTLINE	1,350 miles
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER	12 miles NNW of Brooksville
STATE FOSSIL
STATE GRASS
STATE REPTILE	Alligator
STATE ROCK	Agatized Coral
STATE GEMSTONE	Moonstone
STATE FLAG	Adopted in 1900, the flag recalls the Southern Cross used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. That red cross is placed on a white shield, with the state seal centered. The flag represents the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers and lakes.
STATE COLORS
STATE SEAL	In 1868, Florida's new State Constitution mandated that the first session of the Legislature must adopt a seal to represent the state. And the Legislature lost no time in coming up with a Joint Resolution that they sent to the Governor in August of that year. The resolution specified that the seal had to be the size of an American silver dollar. It also stated that the seal should contain the sun's rays, a cocoa tree, a steamboat, and a female Indian scattering flowers. These images were to be circled by the words "Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God We Trust."
STATE SLOGAN	Ask Us About Our Grandkids
STATE MOTTO	In God we trust (1868)
STATE SONG	“Suwannee River” (1935)
STATE TREE	Sabal palmetto
STATE BIRD	mockingbird (1927)
STATE ANIMAL	Florida Panther
STATE FISH	(freshwater) Largemouth Bass
STATE METAL
STATE NICKNAMES	Sunshine State (1970)
STATE FLOWER	orange blossom (1909)
BORDERING STATES	Alabama Georgia