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5 Dec 2004
Iowa's Flag - Having three vertical stripes blue, white and red the Iowa flag resembles the flag of France. On the white stripe is a bald eagle carrying a blue streamer in its beak. The state motto " Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We will Maintain" is written on the streamer. The name of the state is emblazoned in red letters.
Iowa was the 29th state in the USA; it became a state on December 28, 1846 .
State Abbreviation - IA
State Capital - Des Moines
Largest City - Des Moines
Area - 56,276 square miles [Iowa is the 26th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 2,926,324 (as of 2000) [Iowa is the 30th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - agriculture (corn, soybeans, hogs, pigs), food manufacturing, insurance
Presidential Birthplace - Herbert Clark Hoover was born in West Branch on August 10, 1874 (he was the 31st US President, serving from 1929 to 1933).
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