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Overview of and topical guide to Louisiana

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The location of thestate of Louisiana in the United States of America

The followingoutline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Louisiana:

Louisiana –U.S. state located in thesouthern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termedparishes, which are local governmentsequivalent to counties. Some Louisiana urban environments have a strongmulticultural andmultilingual heritage, influenced by an admixture of 18th centuryFrench,Spanish,Native American (Indian) andAfrican inhabitants.

General reference

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An enlargeable map of thestate of Louisiana

Names
- Common name:Louisiana
  - Pronunciation:/luˌiːziˈænə/ ^ⓘ,/ˌluːziˈænə/ ^ⓘ
- Official name:State of Louisiana
- Abbreviations and name codes
  - Postal symbol: LA
  - ISO 3166-2 code:US-LA
  - Internetsecond-level domain:.la.us
- Nicknames
  - Bayou State (previously used onlicense plates)
  - Child of the Mississippi
  - Creole State
  - Fisherman's Paradise
  - Holland of America
  - Pelican State
  - Sportsman's Paradise (currently used on license plates)
  - Sugar State
Adjectival:Louisiana
Demonym:Louisianian

Geography of Louisiana

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Geography of Louisiana

Louisiana is: aU.S. state, afederal state of the United States of America
Location
- Northern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        United States of America
        Contiguous United States
        Central United States
        West South Central States
        Western United States
        Southern United States
        Black Belt
        Deep South
        Gulf Coast of the United States
        South Central United States
Population of Louisiana: 4,533,372 (2010 U.S. Census^[1])
Area of Louisiana:
Atlas of Louisiana

Geology of Louisiana

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Government and politics of Louisiana

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Politics of Louisiana

Branches of the government of Louisiana

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Government of Louisiana

Executive branch of the government of Louisiana

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Legislative branch of the government of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Legislature (bicameral)
- Upper house:Louisiana Senate
- Lower house:Louisiana House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Louisiana

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Courts of Louisiana

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Law and order in Louisiana

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Law of Louisiana

Military in Louisiana

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History of Louisiana

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History of Louisiana

By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Post-Civil War Topics:African-Americans -Cities -Politics
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History of Louisiana, by period

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Poverty Point culture, 2200 - 700 BCE
Tchefuncte culture, 600 BCE - 200 CE
Marksville culture, 100 BCE to 400 CE
Fourche Maline culture, 300 BCE to 800 CE
Baytown culture, 300 to 700 CE
Coles Creek culture, 700 - 1200
Plaquemine culture, 1200–1400
Caddoan Mississippian culture, 800 - 1600
Native groups at time of European settlement
Spanish colony ofFlorida, 1565–1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
French colony ofLouisiane, 1699–1764
- History of slavery in Louisiana, 1706–1865
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
Spanish colony ofTejas, (1721–1773)-1821
- Los Adaes, 1721–1773
British Province ofWest Florida, 1763–1783
- Treaty of Paris of 1783
Spanish (though predominantlyFrancophone) district ofBaja Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Rebellion of 1768
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
Spanish colony ofFlorida Occidental, 1783–1821
- Republic of West Florida, 1810
French district ofBasse-Louisiane, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase of 1803
Unorganized territory of theUnited States, 1803–1804
Territory of Orleans, 1804–1812
- Sabine Free State, 1806–1821
- U.S.unilaterally annexes Florida Parishes, 1810
History of Louisiana#Incorporation into the United States and antebellum years (1803–1860) since April 30, 1812
- War of 1812, 1812–1815
  - Battle of New Orleans, 1815
- Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
- Louisiana in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
  - Confederate States of America, 1861–1865
- Louisiana in Reconstruction, 1865–1868
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005

History of Louisiana, by region

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by city
by parish
- History of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Orleans Parish has the same boundaries as the city of New Orleans)
- History of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

History of Louisiana, by subject

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Culture of Louisiana

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Culture of Louisiana

The arts in Louisiana

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Sports in Louisiana

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Sports in Louisiana

Economy and infrastructure of Louisiana

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Economy of Louisiana

Communications in Louisiana
Health care in Louisiana
- Hospitals in Louisiana
Transportation in Louisiana
- Airports in Louisiana
- Roads in Louisiana
  - State highways in Louisiana

Education in Louisiana

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Education in Louisiana

Schools in Louisiana
- School districts in Louisiana
  - High schools in Louisiana
- Colleges and universities in Louisiana
  - University of Louisiana (disambiguation)
  - Louisiana State University

References

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^"U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Louisiana". Archived fromthe original on 2014-01-19.

External links

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Wikimedia Atlas of Louisiana

Louisiana Geographic Information Center
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Louisiana Weather and Tides
Geographic data related toOutline of Louisiana atOpenStreetMap

Ecoregions

Geology links

Geology
- Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana, 2008
- Generalized Geology of Louisiana (text to Generalized Geologic Map of Louisiana)
- Loess Map of Louisiana
- Other Louisiana Geological Maps
- Louisiana Geofacts

Government

Official State of Louisiana website
Louisiana State Databases – Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Louisiana state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
Census Statistics on Louisiana

Federal politics

News media

The Times-Picayune major Louisiana newspaper
WWL-TV Louisiana television station

Tourism

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