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North Carolina (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited since 14,000 BCE; Catawba, Cherokee and others were here when Europeans arrived 16th-17th cen., last group was forced out in 1830s; had internal strife due to divided loyalties during the American Revolution; joined the Confederacy in Civil War. |
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| North Carolina (preferred,C,V)
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............ | larger area was originally called "Carolina," referring to King Charles I of England who first granted the land in 1629 |
| NC (C,O,USPS)
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| Caroline du Nord (C,O)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since November 21, 1789 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Raleigh .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, North and Central America, United States, North Carolina, Wake county) [7013949] |
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