 | Portal maintenance status:(August 2021)
|
The Louisiana Portal Louisiana (French:Louisiane[lwizjan]; Spanish:Luisiana[lwiˈsjana];Louisiana Creole:Lwizyàn) is astate in theDeep South andSouth Central regions of theUnited States. It bordersTexas to the west,Arkansas to the north, andMississippi to the east. Of the50 U.S. states, it ranks31st in area and25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting itsFrench heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termedparishes, which are equivalent tocounties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other beingAlaska and itsboroughs).Baton Rouge is the state's capital, andNew Orleans, aFrench Louisiana region, is its most populous city with a population of about 363,000 people. Louisiana has a coastline with theGulf of Mexico to the south; a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by theMississippi River and the mouth of the Mississippi or delta defines much of its lower topography. Much of Louisiana's lands were formed fromsediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas ofcoastal marsh andswamp. These contain a rich southernbiota, including birds such asibises andegrets, many species oftree frogs—such as the state-recognizedAmerican green tree frog—and fish such assturgeon andpaddlefish. More elevated areas, particularly in the north, contain a wide variety of ecosystems such astallgrass prairie,longleaf pine forest and wetsavannas; these support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrialorchids andcarnivorous plants. Over half the state is forested. Louisiana is situated at the confluence of theMississippi river system and the Gulf of Mexico. Its location and biodiversity attracted various indigenous groups thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. Louisiana has eighteen Native American tribes—the most of any southern state—of which four are federally recognized and ten are state-recognized. The French claimed the territory in 1682, and it became the political, commercial, and population center of the larger colony ofNew France. From 1762 to 1801Louisiana was under Spanish rule, briefly returning to French rule before beingsold byNapoleon to the U.S. in 1803. It wasadmitted to the Union in 1812 as the 18th state. Following statehood, Louisiana saw an influx of settlers from the eastern U.S. as well as immigrants from the West Indies, Germany, and Ireland. It experienced an agricultural boom, particularly in cotton and sugarcane, which were cultivated primarily by slaves from Africa. As a slave state, Louisiana was one of the original seven members of theConfederate States of America during theAmerican Civil War. (Full article...)
|
Non-Hispanic White 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90%+ | Black or African American 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% |
.jpg)
.jpg)
.svg)
Rules |Match log |Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2025-11-26 19:57 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. SeeList display personalization for details.
 | Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
|
The followingWikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
_(11-3-2015)_cameron_pa%2c_louisiana_(7)_(23146498165).jpg)
